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| TheDcoder | Hi, does anyone know a software based on ghostscript which can print PDFs? :) | 06:21.37 |
| kens | TheDcoder : Yes, Ghostscript | 07:22.19 |
| | Hobart, you could use a PostScript interpreter to convert a PostScript program into a fixed representation of that program. THe closest thing I know of to that would be OneVision's product which I think is called Solvero. | 07:24.12 |
| TheDcoder | Oh | 07:24.54 |
| kens | But its by no means clear to me what you want. Perhaps if you explained what you need, and better yet, why, we could help you. | 07:25.00 |
| TheDcoder | Ghostscript does that? :) | 07:25.13 |
| kens | Depends what platofrm and precisely what you mean by 'print' | 07:25.27 |
| TheDcoder | I was thinking something like a virtual printer which can output PDF files | 07:25.52 |
| | Windows :) | 07:26.01 |
| kens | Well, that's not what *I* would mean by 'print PDF files'. | 07:26.13 |
| | However, if you look around almost all the 'print to PDF' applications on Windows use Ghostscript to do the job | 07:26.38 |
| TheDcoder | Oh... | 07:27.08 |
| | I was looking for something FOSS | 07:27.23 |
| kens | You need a Port Monitor (eg RedMon) to capture a PostScript program describing the printed page, and then you use Ghostscript's pdfwrite device to create a PDF file from that. | 07:27.23 |
| | THere are free tools doing 'print to PDF' and if they use Ghostscript they should be open source. | 07:28.03 |
| | Or just follow the steps above. | 07:28.15 |
| TheDcoder | CC PDF Converter seems to be the best bet for a FOSS PDF Printer | 07:37.31 |
| | http://www.cogniview.com/cc-free-pdf-converter | 07:37.33 |
| | Uses Ghostscript and RedMon | 07:37.43 |
| | ...I cannot find the download | 07:41.04 |
| | Only the sources | 07:41.12 |
| kens | Then you'll either have to build it from source or contact the authors | 07:56.00 |
| TheDcoder | ...I think I will make a basic wrapper for setting up RedMon and Ghostscript :P | 07:57.32 |
| kens | Be aware that the print ubsystem has altered considerably in WIndows 10 and I'm not certain that RedMon still works there. | 07:58.15 |
| TheDcoder | I see, thanks for the heads up | 07:58.48 |
| | I am using Win 8.1 | 07:58.52 |
| kens | That should be OK as far as I know | 07:59.03 |
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