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| Sweet! |
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By Kevin_Field - Posted on March 3, 2005 - 07:39:53 (#16054)
Current version when comment was posted: v2.0 Beta 1 |
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Hey, thanks! This'll definitely come in handy on my next project. :)
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| [Re] How to merge PDF files... |
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By BiPolar - Posted on October 5, 2004 - 05:13:25 (#14320)
Current version when comment was posted: v2.0 Beta 1 |
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To merge several PDF files you can use GhostScript in the following way:
gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=NameOfMergedFile.pdf 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf 4.pdf [... n.pdf n+1.pdf ...]
Where 1.pdf, 2.pdf, etc., are the name of the input files, in the order you wanted to appear at the merged output.
Hope this helps.
BiPolar.
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| Found anything? |
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By Kevin_Field - Posted on September 28, 2004 - 14:13:12 (#14278)
Current version when comment was posted: v2.0 Beta 1 |
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I'd like to be able to do that too...the only way I've been able to so far is using some pdf split/join tool under Windows after the fact. If GP let me play with the page numbering a bit more I wouldn't have to separate them into sheets, but what can you do?
Kev
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| joining 2 separate PDF's into one only PDF file |
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By victor.domingos - Posted on December 10, 2003 - 16:43:42 (#9949)
Current version when comment was posted: v2.0 Beta 1 |
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Is there any way to get two different PDF files (each one with its own page settings, fonts and contents) into one only file?
For instance, if I have a big Gobe Productive document (a book, for instance), may I separate it in several sheets or documents, print each one to PDF and then join them to make one final ebook (in just one file)?
Thanks for the answers I hope you will give to me!
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| i18n in multibyte/Unicode environment |
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By s_d - Posted on January 18, 2003 - 04:56:02 (#5433)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 2 |
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Product itself is very convinient and compact.
But it seems there is bug challenge, especially if to take in account fact that it will be part of OpenBeOS.
Challenge is proper export of "international" documents.
As far as i understand PS/PDF formats are heavily based on Adobe PS and thus PS1 fonts ideology. Those fonts are 8-bit encoded and aren't very suitable to unicoded environment, so driver, when exporting, e.g., from Gobe Productive 1)should watch unicode block and choose some kind of utf8-to-8bit-conversion - which isn't itself so trivial, because frequently there are several 8-bit encoding standards for single language
(probably it should rely on Win-**** standard set).
2)create corresponent tags around text objects
I don't know too much about this problem and it will be glad if PDF standard supports unicode straightforward (in any form - wide char, multibyte), but even in such case we'll meet some compatibility problems
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| Acrobat Reader compatibility |
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By laplace - Posted on October 23, 2002 - 11:28:25 (#3732)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 2 |
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>Will you make the pdf printings compatible for
>the Acrobat Reader 4-5, or is this already possible?
Of course it is compatible. PDF = Portable Document Format. PDF Writer can generate PDF 1.1, PDF 1.2 (Acrobat Reader 4), PDF 1.3 (Acrobat Reader 5) compatible documents.
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| Congratulations, dudes ! |
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By GunGrave - Posted on October 22, 2002 - 16:07:18 (#3714)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 2 |
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I was very happy to see this printer made for BeOS !
Thanks to you guys a lot !
But one question is still in the air:
Will you make the pdf printings compatible for
the Acrobat Reader 4-5, or is this already possible?
Thanks again, and continue this great work !
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| Re: Nice job |
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By Philippe Houdoin - Posted on October 8, 2002 - 17:21:28 (#3497)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 2 |
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> Your printer driver is simply great,
> I made a little windows program to fetch
> the PDF document and open it in acrobat,
> ready to print in the windows box.
I'm not sure to understand what's your point here?
This driver objective is to be able to generate a PDF document from any print-aware app under BeOS, not to print PDF document files...
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| Nice Job |
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By Lanjoe9 - Posted on October 1, 2002 - 01:22:30 (#3384)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 2 |
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(If anyone is interested, send me a mail ;)
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| Nice job |
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By Lanjoe9 - Posted on October 1, 2002 - 01:21:35 (#3383)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 2 |
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Your printer driver is simply great, I made a little windows program to fetch the PDF document and open it in acrobat, ready to print in the windows box.
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| Re: Probable install script bug. |
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By Philippe Houdoin - Posted on June 12, 2002 - 07:33:45 (#1790)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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Yep, this one was spotted too by another reporter, and Michael have checkin the fix into CVS since.
However, I don't have found time to build
a beta2 release since, but I'll soon.
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| Probable install script bug. |
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By procton - Posted on June 12, 2002 - 05:52:36 (#1789)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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Hi,
I have not gotten around to install v5.1 beta 1 until now, but
took a sneak peak at the install script.
This line in the install script puzzled me a bit, and I
suspect a script bug:
cp bookmarks/* /boot/home/config/settings/PDF\ Writer/xrefs
Should it not be:
cp xrefs/* /boot/home/config/settings/PDF\ Writer/xrefs
Thanks in advance.
Regards
/Procton
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| Actually... |
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By Jace - Posted on June 5, 2002 - 09:26:46 (#1696)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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I'm just wondering if this is what caused my giant PDF problem; I'm not really asking to embed fonts, though I'm glad to hear that feature is included :)
Cheers
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| Re: Philippe, I have an idea... |
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By laplace - Posted on June 4, 2002 - 00:14:54 (#1676)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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A new feature in this release allows you to do what you desire; to embed any font (if it is used in the print job) you want (see Page Setup window -> Fonts -> Embedding).
Michael
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| Philippe, I have an idea... |
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By Jace - Posted on June 3, 2002 - 11:30:06 (#1674)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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Are fonts embedded automatically by PDF Writer? If so, is it possible that a system set up with Japanese support might cause PDF Writer to embed the haru fonts? They are about 3 or more MB each. Is this a valid idea?
I have my BeOS systems set up with Japanese support since I am planning on learning the language (and to read Japanese sites proper).
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| What printers does this support? |
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By tantalic - Posted on June 2, 2002 - 14:37:50 (#1660)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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I must say that finally being able to create PDFs in BeOS is great! And I'm very happy to see this integrated into the OpenBeOS printing kit, as it will add a great deal of profesional level printing and digital publishing to obos (or whatever it will be called).
My question is where can I get a list of printers that support direct PDF printing? I would love to pick up a decent laser writer that will work in BeOS. Thanks again and keep up the good work, the new feature additions in this release are great!
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| Re: Did you guys get my file? |
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By Philippe Houdoin - Posted on June 2, 2002 - 10:00:43 (#1658)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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Jace wrote:
> I sent that sample Gb Productive file to you but
> I don't know if you got it or reproduced the problem.
Oups, sorry about this problem. Yep, I got it.
But no, I can't reproduce it.
With Gobe 2.0.2fr and both v1.0b1 and v1.5b1, it's output a 153Kb PDF valid file (default driver options).
If you'll have this problem with latest version, maybe we should check the too huge PDF file you get?...
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| Re: Did you guys get my file? |
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By laplace - Posted on June 1, 2002 - 13:15:35 (#1646)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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No. Send it to: laplace@users.sf.net
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| Did you guys get my file? |
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By Jace - Posted on June 1, 2002 - 10:41:50 (#1643)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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I sent that sample Gb Productive file to you but I don't know if you got it or reproduced the problem.
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| Great App! |
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By Jack Burton - Posted on June 1, 2002 - 02:14:37 (#1637)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.5 Beta 1 |
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My printer just got out of ink, so it will be very useful!! :)
Great work, guys!
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| Re: Heh heh... |
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By laplace - Posted on March 12, 2002 - 15:14:45 (#601)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.0 Beta 1 |
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Please send it to Philippe and me.
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| Heh heh... |
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By Jace - Posted on March 12, 2002 - 13:05:44 (#600)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.0 Beta 1 |
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The document uses no images or fills... no graphics of any kind. Who should I send the document to?
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| Re: File Size Concern... |
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By laplace - Posted on March 12, 2002 - 07:16:23 (#597)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.0 Beta 1 |
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It is likely that the document uses gradient fills. Productive generates bitmaps for them when it prints the document, that could cause the large file size.
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| Re: File Size Concern... |
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By Philippe Houdoin - Posted on March 12, 2002 - 04:10:16 (#593)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.0 Beta 1 |
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Woa.
It's not expected to generate so large file, no.
Unless you use many images in your document.
Could you send us (PDF Writer developers team) this GoBe document, so we could trace what going wrong here.
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| File Size Concern |
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By Jace - Posted on March 11, 2002 - 15:49:39 (#586)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.0 Beta 1 |
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It's great to see a PDF Writer for BeOS. However, the file size on the resulting PDFs are very high. I wrote a 32k Productive document (two fonts used) and the result was 3.5 MB PDF file (at compression:none) and 2.5 MB PDF file (at compression:best). Both files did not read correctly in BePDF (first page stops rendering, and rendering is horribly slow).
Am I possibly doing something wrong or is this writer just not ready for casual use?
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| "Requires R5" = Requires BeOS r5 operating system |
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By Philippe Houdoin - Posted on February 27, 2002 - 12:49:10 (#477)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.0 Beta 1 |
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I'm guessing he's trying to install it under Windows!...
"You never know!"
:-)
Anyway, I've emailed him a more details message about the install process, "for BeOS" pre-requesite included.
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| Installation |
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By Ruprect - Posted on February 27, 2002 - 10:00:48 (#475)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.0 Beta 1 |
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Not sure what you're asking, but...
You are running the install script right? On the app page, it says:
1) Expand the zip file somewhere
2) Open the newly created folder
3) Run the Install script to install the driver
If you're having trouble with the script, open a Terminal, go to the unzipped folder, and type in the name of the install script. Should work.
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| pdf writer driver |
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By lybush - Posted on February 27, 2002 - 09:56:17 (#474)
Current version when comment was posted: v1.0 Beta 1 |
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I just downloaded subject program and after unzipping found no extensions on the files. Thus, I was not able to install. What is that 'Needs R' that is along side the download? And what and where is 'R'?
Thanks,
Len
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