Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (626 mails)

[Volker Kuhlmann <list0570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri 28 Mar 2008 00:37:29 NZDT +1300, Klaus Singvogel wrote:

> I fear that xpdf-tools are required for next, upcoming CUPS versions,
> as there is the accepted opinion that PDF (and no more PostScript)
> will be the internal transport format for CUPS.

xpdf-tools are required fullstop. pdfinfo and pdffonts are essential
tools with no alternatives (I don't call cranking up acroread an
alternative, and I don't think it gives as much info either).

pdftops is the only usable conversion tool handling fonts correctly,
that abominable ghostscript rubbish has all fonts outline-traced and
replaced with polygons and/or bitmap (type 3) fonts.

I find pdfimages irreplacable too.

Bottom line: xpdf-tools are indispensable. Personally I don't like to be
without xpdf either, but I se Ludwig's point.

Volker

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