[opensuse] PDF, Konqueror, KPDF and Adobe reader
Hi, I scanned documents with the Epson Perfection V100 Photo and saved directly as PDF's. I can read them with Konqueror & KPDF. Adobe Reader 7.0.8. 05/22/2006 on SUSE 10.1 only shows white pages, sometimes with the wrong page format; should be A4. I noticed that Acrobat Professional 6 & 7 on Windows also displays blank pages. I then tried to read them with Scribus, without success. It says: ... not in an acceptable format. 2 Questions: 1. How can I convert them to be read by Adobe and Scribus, or 2. With what application can I put together separate PDF files into one document under SUSE 10.1? :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
1. How can I convert them to be read by Adobe and Scribus, or 2. With what application can I put together separate PDF files into one document under SUSE 10.1?
try pdftk, pdfto... jdd -- http://www.dodin.net Lucien Dodin, inventeur http://lucien.dodin.net/index.shtml -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Speaking of PDFs... my current PDF plugin on FireFox is Adobe Reader (running SUSE 10.2). Is there any way to make KPDF, or something else my PDF plugin on FFox? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Alexey, 1. Remove the Adobe plugin from the plugin directory 2. Then when you click on a pdf file is will ask you with which program you want to read it. Just say KPDF and also check that you want always to use this application. 3. The helper application (KPDF) will show under edit/preference/filetypes. I also use KPDF. There is an extension that is very helpful for firefox: mediaplayerconnectivity you may like it. Ciao -=terry(Denver)=- On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 22:16 +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
Speaking of PDFs... my current PDF plugin on FireFox is Adobe Reader (running SUSE 10.2).
Is there any way to make KPDF, or something else my PDF plugin on FFox?
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On 2007. 03. 18., Sunday 20:58, jdd wrote:
LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
2. With what application can I put together separate PDF files into one document under SUSE 10.1? I'm not sure about 10.1 but I used kword (from koffice) under 10.2. Actually what I did was: -open pdf in kword -save as ods -open ods in openoffice -edit documents there -export as pdf
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On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 21:22 +0100, Tom Burt wrote:
On 2007. 03. 18., Sunday 20:58, jdd wrote:
LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
2. With what application can I put together separate PDF files into one document under SUSE 10.1? I'm not sure about 10.1 but I used kword (from koffice) under 10.2. Actually what I did was: -open pdf in kword -save as ods -open ods in openoffice -edit documents there -export as pdf
Tom
Hi Tom / Michael, Tom, it seems my PDF are not standard. KWord also show just white pages. If I can get it to work like you suggest, it will be great. What intrigues me is that Konqueror and KPDF can read it perfectly. I will investigate more. I also will try Michael's suggestion. Hopefully I can add from File 1 to 156 without having to list them all individually. Will look at the man pages first. Just adding pages 15 & 16 I got an error: ERROR: /undefinedfilename in (P 015.pdf) Operand stack: Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push Dictionary stack: --dict:1138/3371(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:102/200(L)-- Current allocation mode is local Last OS error: 2 ESP Ghostscript 8.15.3: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I also will try Michael's suggestion. Hopefully I can add from File 1 to 156 without having to list them all individually.
You will have to list them on the command line, I'm afraid. Given you kept to some regular naming scheme, you might however be able to use a shell expression to construct the filenames. Something like `ls *.pdf` (note the backquotes) may do the job.
Will look at the man pages first. Just adding pages 15 & 16 I got an error:
[...] Please post the commandline you used to call gs. This might be related to the names of the files you want to concatenate. Cheerio, Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I also will try Michael's suggestion. Hopefully I can add from File 1 to 156 without having to list them all individually.
did you miss my post? I use dayly pdftk for that purpose jdd -- http://www.dodin.net Lucien Dodin, inventeur http://lucien.dodin.net/index.shtml -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 21:22 +0100, Tom Burt wrote:
I'm not sure about 10.1 but I used kword (from koffice) under 10.2. Actually what I did was: -open pdf in kword -save as ods -open ods in openoffice -edit documents there -export as pdf
Tom, 1. Thank you very much for this great tip. Often I received forms in pdf format that I would like to answers and send back and this approach is great. I have never used kword but now things will change. 2. Now the pdf files created by scanning with the Epson are open as graphic files and this approach so far does not work. Well I may be wrong here I have just start to look into this approach. Thank you very much again for this great tip. All the best -=terry(Denver)=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
thanks terry ! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-03-18 at 20:53 +0100, LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
I scanned documents with the Epson Perfection V100 Photo and saved directly as PDF's.
With what application? It must be broken. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF/aGltTMYHG2NR9URAo3bAKCRRbn3eav74iwdF9UCyvZyRjG6xQCglAKl AZhlixOfu/7vsW9keSVLDLQ= =sAE6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 21:31 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I scanned documents with the Epson Perfection V100 Photo and saved directly as PDF's.
With what application? It must be broken.
It was done by the software from Epson on http://avasys.jp/hp/menu000000500/hpg000000442.htm Epson supports their products directly. I also have the C1100 AccuLaser Colour Laser. All work very well. The scanning plugins work with Gimp, xsane (0.99) and others. I used xsane, but have so many scans that work under Linux with Konqueror and KPDF, that I did not suspect any problems. I need to somehow convert them to Adobe readability for the M$ world. I suspect the pdf format is saves is not the same as that of Adobe. :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 18 March 2007 02:06:12 pm LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 21:31 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I scanned documents with the Epson Perfection V100 Photo and saved directly as PDF's.
With what application? It must be broken.
It was done by the software from Epson on http://avasys.jp/hp/menu000000500/hpg000000442.htm
Epson supports their products directly. I also have the C1100 AccuLaser Colour Laser. All work very well. The scanning plugins work with Gimp, xsane (0.99) and others. I used xsane, but have so many scans that work under Linux with Konqueror and KPDF, that I did not suspect any problems. I need to somehow convert them to Adobe readability for the M$ world. I suspect the pdf format is saves is not the same as that of Adobe.
That's a scary thought, because there should only be ONE pdf format. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html I don't know if it is a standard yet, but I believe Adobe submitted PDF and PDF-A to the ISO for ratification. We can then look forward to SCO immediately initiating a lawsuit against KDE for including derivative work in their product - all 160 lines. -- kai Free Compean and Ramos http://www.grassfire.org/142/petition.asp http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/46 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-03-18 at 22:06 +0100, LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 21:31 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I scanned documents with the Epson Perfection V100 Photo and saved directly as PDF's.
With what application? It must be broken.
It was done by the software from Epson on http://avasys.jp/hp/menu000000500/hpg000000442.htm
I have an epson perfection 1650, but I never used their software, I prefer the open alternatives.
Epson supports their products directly. I also have the C1100 AccuLaser Colour Laser. All work very well. The scanning plugins work with Gimp, xsane (0.99) and others. I used xsane, but have so many scans that work under Linux with Konqueror and KPDF, that I did not suspect any problems. I need to somehow convert them to Adobe readability for the M$ world. I suspect the pdf format is saves is not the same as that of Adobe.
There is only one pdf format. If acrobat can't read it, it is broken. You could try to convert to ps, then back to pdf, or something of the sort. However, I dislike using pdf for scanned material: anything like png, jpg, or preferably, djvu, is better. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF/cYrtTMYHG2NR9URAroYAJ9XnSvaHCn5coa19yHS4yO/9l5tiACfUlPw +u3QDXORPvpaLg5LOq9r6WE= =LNL9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
2. With what application can I put together separate PDF files into one document under SUSE 10.1?
Ghostscript: gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress \ -sOutputFile=JoinedFile.pdf File1.pdf File2.pdf You can as well give it a try and feed your broken PDF through ghodtscript. Possibly, it gets cleaned up by the procedure (like pstops works for postscript). Cheers, Michael -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 20:53 +0100, LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
2. With what application can I put together separate PDF files into one document under SUSE 10.1?
Al, I have an Epson 4990 photo and I use xsane to scan. xsane allows you to create a project which essentially is to put all the scanning pages together, so you can create a pdf document of many pages. Ciao -=terry(Denver)=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Alexey Eremenko -
Carlos E. R. -
jdd -
Kai Ponte -
LLLActive＠GMX.Net -
Michael Schmuker -
Teruel de Campo MD -
Tom Burt