postscript

PDF 2 Post script

I am stuck up with a file conversion issue. I need to convert a PDF file to postscript file(Through program c#). Is it possible without any third party dll?? Any one can suggest open source projects for the same? ...

Convert PostScript to HTML

For one of my projects I need to make PostScript files available for viewing online, My goal is to convert these PostScript files to HTML. I'd like to do it all in VB.NET code and in-memory stream and without using command-line programs. I think a perfect solution might be to write the PostScript to a stream, and simultaneously read th...

Is there a way to fix a PostScript file error?

I am using Print Distributor to write PostScript files to disk and then reprint them to a printer. When an error occurs no pages after the error are printed but the file size seems to reflect that all of the page data is there. Is there any way to find the error and fix it so I can print the entire file? I am using GSView to view the ...

Is there any dummy PostScript printer for Windows 7? How can I create an EPS?

Was reading this but then realized this tutorial is pretty old, as Adobe hasn't updated the driver in a long time so it's broken now. ...

How to determine string height in PostScript?

I need to determine the height of a string (in given scale and font) in postscript. /Helvetic-Oblique findfont 10 scalefont setfont 10 10 1 0 360 arc fill 10 10 moveto (test) dup stringwidth pop 2 div neg 0 rmoveto show will print test centered horizontally (but not yet vertically) at (10,10). (to see this, I also show a small circle...

Converting .ps to .pdf and removing a single page.

Hi there, I have a postscript file of a poster made in latex, and want to convert this to a pdf (I'm using ubuntu) I am using ps2pdf but if possible I would like to remove the first, blank page, and keep only the second page. Is there a command that allows this? Been trying to find one for longer than would seem sensible! Thanks! ...

How can I make a program overlay text on a postscript file?

I have some graphs in postscript format, generated by gnuplot. I need to place some identifying information on the graph. How can I script some instructions to do that? I want to write a number at the top right corner of the graph (a .ps file). ...

Display PostScript in WPF

I'd like to display some sheet music in my WPF application which was generated by Lilypond. Lilypond can make postscript and PNG files - I've got the latter working, but I'd much prefer the former so that the music can be resized nicely. Is there a way to do that? ...

postscript variable syntax (.ps file)

Hi - I have a large .ps file. There are some variables defined but I am not able to figure the length of the variable. I am picking some part of the code, it is like a four column and multiple row matrix. .../$v.HDLE_UNIT_TOTAL ex 31.752 103.752 220.4 2 10.0 0.0 0 vsE //31.752 must b x axis? /$v.PKGE_QTY_TOTAL ex 69.48 213.48 220.4 ...

PHP: How to tell if PDF has embedded fonts?

Given a PDF document, is there a way to tell if it has embedded fonts? I'm working on the problem posted here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3774995/pdf-how-to-optimize-filesize-convert-to-png-embedded-fonts-problem. Perhaps I can rework some of my application's logic based on whether a PDF has embedded fonts or not. ...

How to generate texts into postscript files from the Canvas object of Tcl/Tk library?

Hi All, I've been stuck on this problem for days: I'm trying to generate texts from the canvas object using its "postscript" option to get .ps file. I found that it worked fine if I draw lines, ovals, etc on the canvas and they were shown in the .ps file, however, I had no luck with the text objects -- even if they were shown on the ca...

how to generate Chinese Characters using Postscript?

Hi All, Does anyone knows how to generate Chinese characters using Postscript or related tools? I'd like to use unicode to represent Chinese characters but it seems that Postscript doesn't support unicode, yet. In addition, I'd like to specify several fonts to generate the same character. Thus, I have two questions: 1. how to use unic...

Determine media size from ppd file

Ive got Dymo labelwriter 400. It works like a charm with a glabels on ubuntu. I am currently writing software to create automatic labels. for that I need to know the size of the png I want to print. The paper I use is: Large Address, which is 89x36mm. When I create and print such an image it is not taking the whole label. It is in fa...