[gentoo-user] print to pdf

[gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Matthew R. Lee]

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I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system and 
cups-pdf.  The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a ps2ps followed 
by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution, though the only one I've 
come across so far.
Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
Comments greatly received
Matt
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RE: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Wenqi Chen]

Try to see if there's any options in cups-pdf for embedding fonts;
apparently no font has been embedded in the pdf file you sent; 
Btw did u print to ps also using cups by ticking off the print-to-file box?


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From: Matthew R. Lee [mailto:gentoo@matthewlee.org] 
Sent: 22 June 2007 21:29
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Subject: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system and 
cups-pdf.  The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a ps2ps
followed 
by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution, though the only one
I've 
come across so far.
Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
Comments greatly received
Matt
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Departamento de Ecologia,
P. Universidad Catolica de Chile,
Alameda 340, Santiago.
CP 6513677
CHILE

matt@matthewlee.org
mlee@bio.puc.cl

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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Philip Webb]

070622 Matthew R. Lee wrote:
> I'm having problems with printing to pdf,
> both with kprint system and cups-pdf.

Why don't you use Open Office ?  Create a .pdf , then print from Kpdf.
There's a .bin , if you don't want to compile OO ( 5 hr  here).

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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Hemmann, Volker Armin]

On Samstag, 23. Juni 2007, Philip Webb wrote:
> 070622 Matthew R. Lee wrote:
> > I'm having problems with printing to pdf,
> > both with kprint system and cups-pdf.
>
> Why don't you use Open Office ?  Create a .pdf , then print from Kpdf.
> There's a .bin , if you don't want to compile OO ( 5 hr  here).

or koffice which is able to print to pdf just fine. And in 5h you can install 
most of KDE+koffice.
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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Matthew R. Lee]

On Friday 22 June 2007 19:54, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> On Samstag, 23. Juni 2007, Philip Webb wrote:
> > 070622 Matthew R. Lee wrote:
> > > I'm having problems with printing to pdf,
> > > both with kprint system and cups-pdf.
> >
> > Why don't you use Open Office ?  Create a .pdf , then print from Kpdf.
> > There's a .bin , if you don't want to compile OO ( 5 hr  here).
>
> or koffice which is able to print to pdf just fine. And in 5h you can
> install most of KDE+koffice.

I have open-office and I know it works fine for producing pdfs.  I normally 
write my manuscripts in Latex and likewise I have no problem producing pdfs 
from Kile.  This problem has arisen because I wanted to make pdfs of web 
pages.  I've just submitted a research proposal and I needed to include a few 
webpages in lieu of proper quotes for some of the equipment I wanted. The 
online submission process required all documents to be uploaded in pdf 
format.
This is just an issue of something that is supposed to work and doesn't and 
I'd like to figure out why and fix it.  At the moment though it 
isn't "mission critical"
Matt
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CP 6513677
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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Urs Schuetz]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, Matthew R. Lee wrote:

> On Friday 22 June 2007 19:54, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > On Samstag, 23. Juni 2007, Philip Webb wrote:
> > > 070622 Matthew R. Lee wrote:
> > > > I'm having problems with printing to pdf,
> > > > both with kprint system and cups-pdf.
> > >
> > > Why don't you use Open Office ?  Create a .pdf , then print from Kpdf.
> > > There's a .bin , if you don't want to compile OO ( 5 hr  here).
> >
> > or koffice which is able to print to pdf just fine. And in 5h you can
> > install most of KDE+koffice.
> 
> I have open-office and I know it works fine for producing pdfs.  I normally 
> write my manuscripts in Latex and likewise I have no problem producing pdfs 
> from Kile.  This problem has arisen because I wanted to make pdfs of web 
> pages.  I've just submitted a research proposal and I needed to include a few 
> webpages in lieu of proper quotes for some of the equipment I wanted. The 
> online submission process required all documents to be uploaded in pdf 
> format.
> This is just an issue of something that is supposed to work and doesn't and 
> I'd like to figure out why and fix it.  At the moment though it 
> isn't "mission critical"

Have you configured the cups-pdf printer to embed the fonts?

If cups is locally installed, then just open the webbrowser and
go to http://localhost:631/ This opens a connection to the local
cups administration interface.

Select the "printers" tab, and search for the cups-pdf printer.
Select "Set printer options". This opens the settings for the pdf
printer.

What is shown here is depending on your local setup (the possible
settings are defined in a ppd file, which was selected during
setup of the cups-pdf printer).

Look for an option like "embed all fonts", and set it to "yes".
Look for an option like "subset fonts", and set it to "no", check
the licenses of the fonts which you use.

I'm not sure if it is necessary to restart the cups system,
/etc/init.d/cupsd restart

This will result in bigger pdf files. The produced pdf files
should contain all fonts, complete.

If there are no such settings for the cups-pdf printer then try
to create a new cups-pdf printer, and select "Postscript Color
Printer" as ppd.

Hope this helps. I'm using the cups-pdf printer often to store
web pages, and it's working pretty nice.

Urs


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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Christian]

Hi Matt,

I had the same problem. But sorry, I cannot remember how I solved this 
problem.
Have you tried to recompile the foomatic - packages?

I have the following packages installed:
[I] net-print/foomatic-db
     Available versions:  20050910 20060720 ~20070508
     Installed versions:  20060720(01:33:41 29.12.2006)
     Homepage:            http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
     Description:         Printer information files for foomatic-db-engine to 
generate ppds

[I] net-print/foomatic-db-engine
     Available versions:  3.0.2 3.0.20060720 ~3.0.20070508
     Installed versions:  3.0.20060720(01:34:04 29.12.2006)
     Homepage:            http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
     Description:         Generates ppds out of xml foomatic printer 
description files

[I] net-print/foomatic-db-ppds
     Available versions:  20060720 ~20070508
     Installed versions:  20060720(01:34:32 29.12.2006)
     Homepage:            http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
     Description:         linuxprinting.org PPD files for postscript printers

[I] net-print/foomatic-filters
     Available versions:  3.0.2-r1 3.0.20060720 ~3.0.20070501
     Installed versions:  3.0.20060720(01:34:45 29.12.2006)(cups)
     Homepage:            http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
     Description:         Foomatic wrapper scripts

[I] net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds
     Available versions:  20060720 20070501
     Installed versions:  20070501(11:40:25 08.06.2007)
     Homepage:            http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html
     Description:         linuxprinting.org PPD files for non-postscript 
printers

Best regards
Christian

Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 22:28 schrieb Matthew R. Lee:
> I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system and
> cups-pdf.  The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
> Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a ps2ps
> followed by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution, though the
> only one I've come across so far.
> Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
> Comments greatly received
> Matt
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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Christian]

Ok, I have found the solution of my problem:

emerge --unmerge ghostscript-gpl
emerge ghostscript-esp

That solves my problem. Maybe it helps you too.

Best regards
Christian


Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 22:28 schrieb Matthew R. Lee:
> I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system and
> cups-pdf.  The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
> Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a ps2ps
> followed by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution, though the
> only one I've come across so far.
> Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
> Comments greatly received
> Matt
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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Mick]

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On Sunday 24 June 2007 01:13, Christian wrote:
> Ok, I have found the solution of my problem:
>
> emerge --unmerge ghostscript-gpl
> emerge ghostscript-esp
>
> That solves my problem. Maybe it helps you too.

It seems that soon they will be merged:

http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L463

> Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 22:28 schrieb Matthew R. Lee:
> > I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system and
> > cups-pdf.  The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
> > Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a ps2ps
> > followed by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution, though the
> > only one I've come across so far.
> > Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
> > Comments greatly received
> > Matt

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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Matthew R. Lee]

On Sunday 24 June 2007 04:36, Mick wrote:
> On Sunday 24 June 2007 01:13, Christian wrote:
> > Ok, I have found the solution of my problem:
> >
> > emerge --unmerge ghostscript-gpl
> > emerge ghostscript-esp
> >
> > That solves my problem. Maybe it helps you too.
>
> It seems that soon they will be merged:
>
> http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L463
>
> > Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 22:28 schrieb Matthew R. Lee:
> > > I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system and
> > > cups-pdf.  The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
> > > Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a ps2ps
> > > followed by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution, though
> > > the only one I've come across so far.
> > > Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
> > > Comments greatly received
> > > Matt
Swaping ghostscript-gpl for ghostscript-esp improved the situation, at least 
now the pdf is readable.  However the fonts are still a little ugly and I 
can't see any option in the cups interface under set printer options for 
embeding the fonts.  I'm offered pdf-general, pdf-banners, pdf-policies
Matt
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CP 6513677
CHILE

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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Urs Schuetz]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Matthew R. Lee wrote:

> On Sunday 24 June 2007 04:36, Mick wrote:
> > On Sunday 24 June 2007 01:13, Christian wrote:
> > > Ok, I have found the solution of my problem:
> > >
> > > emerge --unmerge ghostscript-gpl
> > > emerge ghostscript-esp
> > >
> > > That solves my problem. Maybe it helps you too.
> >
> > It seems that soon they will be merged:
> >
> > http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L463
> >
> > > Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 22:28 schrieb Matthew R. Lee:
> > > > I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system and
> > > > cups-pdf.  The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
> > > > Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a ps2ps
> > > > followed by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution, though
> > > > the only one I've come across so far.
> > > > Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
> > > > Comments greatly received
> > > > Matt
> Swaping ghostscript-gpl for ghostscript-esp improved the situation, at least 
> now the pdf is readable.  However the fonts are still a little ugly and I 
> can't see any option in the cups interface under set printer options for 
> embeding the fonts.  I'm offered pdf-general, pdf-banners, pdf-policies


Try to use the ghostpdf.ppd printer description with your
cups-pdf printer to get the options to embed the fonts. You
should have this file already on your system, on mine it is
/usr/share/ghostscript/8.15/lib/ghostpdf.ppd. 

The steps are:
Webbrowser http://localhost:631
Printers tab, search for the cups-pdf printer 
Modify Printer
Continue
Continue
paste the location of your ghostpdf.ppd in the field "Or Provide a PPD File:",
press "Modify Printer"
Now you can set the printer options.

urs
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[gentoo-user] Re: print to pdf

[Alexander Skwar]

Urs Schuetz <u.schutz@bluewin.ch> wrote:

> Try to use the ghostpdf.ppd printer description with your
> cups-pdf printer to get the options to embed the fonts.

Hm, why are you using this ppd file with cups-pdf? It doesn't
belong to cups-pdf (at least not to 2.4.6). When I installed
the cups-pdf "printer", I used the PPD file that was supplied
with it; ie. /usr/share/cups/model/PostscriptColor.ppd. And
this works pretty fine.

Cheersm
Alexander Skwar

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: print to pdf

[Urs Schuetz]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Alexander Skwar wrote:

> Urs Schuetz <u.schutz@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> 
> > Try to use the ghostpdf.ppd printer description with your
> > cups-pdf printer to get the options to embed the fonts.
> 
> Hm, why are you using this ppd file with cups-pdf? It doesn't
> belong to cups-pdf (at least not to 2.4.6). When I installed
> the cups-pdf "printer", I used the PPD file that was supplied
> with it; ie. /usr/share/cups/model/PostscriptColor.ppd. And
> this works pretty fine.

Because it gives me a lot of options to control the output
quality of pdf files. I was especially interested in using the
CYMK and Grey color model options, and disabling font subsetting.

The options are:
Resolution in steps, from 72dpi to 4000dpi
The usual media sizes
PDF Color models: Grey, RGB, CMYK
PDF Settings: Screen, ebook, printer, prepress
PDF Color image compression: JPEG, Flate
PDF Grey image compression: JPEG, Flate
PDF monochrome image compression: FAX G3, Flate
PDF Compatibility: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
PDF AutoRotate Pages: none, PageByPage, All
PDF EmbedAllFonts: Yes, No
PDF Subset Fonts: Yes, No
PDF Compress Pages: Yes, No

This are more or less the options which ghostscript accepts for
the conversion to pdf, and therefore can be seen as "features" of
the cups-pdf printer when running with ghostscript. 
This options show up in some printer tools like gtklp.

There is nothing wrong with using the PostscriptColor.ppd which
comes with cups-pdf, as long as it works well for you and you
don't need any of the options above.

Urs
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Re: [gentoo-user] print to pdf

[Matthew R. Lee]

On Sunday 24 June 2007 23:11, Urs Schuetz wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Matthew R. Lee wrote:
> > On Sunday 24 June 2007 04:36, Mick wrote:
> > > On Sunday 24 June 2007 01:13, Christian wrote:
> > > > Ok, I have found the solution of my problem:
> > > >
> > > > emerge --unmerge ghostscript-gpl
> > > > emerge ghostscript-esp
> > > >
> > > > That solves my problem. Maybe it helps you too.
> > >
> > > It seems that soon they will be merged:
> > >
> > > http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L463
> > >
> > > > Am Freitag, 22. Juni 2007 22:28 schrieb Matthew R. Lee:
> > > > > I'm having problems with printing to pdf, both with kprint system
> > > > > and cups-pdf.  The fonts are a right mess, see attached example.
> > > > > Now I know one work-around is to print to postscript than do a
> > > > > ps2ps followed by ps2pdf, but this is a less than perfect solution,
> > > > > though the only one I've come across so far.
> > > > > Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you solve it?
> > > > > Comments greatly received
> > > > > Matt
> >
> > Swaping ghostscript-gpl for ghostscript-esp improved the situation, at
> > least now the pdf is readable.  However the fonts are still a little ugly
> > and I can't see any option in the cups interface under set printer
> > options for embeding the fonts.  I'm offered pdf-general, pdf-banners,
> > pdf-policies
>
> Try to use the ghostpdf.ppd printer description with your
> cups-pdf printer to get the options to embed the fonts. You
> should have this file already on your system, on mine it is
> /usr/share/ghostscript/8.15/lib/ghostpdf.ppd.
>
> The steps are:
> Webbrowser http://localhost:631
> Printers tab, search for the cups-pdf printer
> Modify Printer
> Continue
> Continue
> paste the location of your ghostpdf.ppd in the field "Or Provide a PPD
> File:", press "Modify Printer"
> Now you can set the printer options.
>
> urs
Excelente, that fixed it.  Thanks alot
Matt
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CP 6513677
CHILE

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[gentoo-user] Re: print to pdf

[Alexander Skwar]

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Christian <mcr76@gmx.net> wrote:

> Ok, I have found the solution of my problem:
> 
> emerge --unmerge ghostscript-gpl
> emerge ghostscript-esp
> 
> That solves my problem.

Nice to hear, that it's working for you. Me, I've got no problems with 
ghostscript-gpl, though.

Alexander Skwar

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