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Why this complicated method?
Authored by: redplague on Jul 24, '02 04:41:42AM

The point is that this method does not cost anything.

I don't think it's possible to change the size so the blue background is covered.



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Why this complicated method?
Authored by: nichrome on Jul 24, '02 11:59:50AM

It doesn't cost anything. So what? You can save PDF's through any app in Mac OS X that prints. Just select File.Print, use the pop-up menu to go to output options and pick "Save As PDF". You have to have a printer set up for this to work, but you can define a dummy printer over LPR if you don't have a real printer. Just go to Print Center and set up a printer. After that, PDFs in any app.



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Why this complicated method?
Authored by: nichrome on Jul 24, '02 12:00:43PM

It doesn't cost anything. So what? You can save PDF's through any app in Mac OS X that prints. Just select File.Print, use the pop-up menu to go to output options and pick "Save As PDF". You have to have a printer set up for this to work, but you can define a dummy printer over LPR if you don't have a real printer. Just go to Print Center and set up a printer. After that, PDFs in any app.



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Why this complicated method?
Authored by: redplague on Jul 25, '02 04:34:50AM

Try and make an image-sized pdf that way, you can't.



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Ghostscript is another free option
Authored by: jecwobble on Jul 24, '02 02:48:47PM
I have RealPC (Classic app) running Win98 for some MS Access applications I have. I couldn't just print the Access reports directly to the printer attached to my Mac, and I didn't want to buy Acrobat, so I searched for an alternative. I found Ghostscript and a variety of GUIs for it. I only use the Windows version, but it looks like there are ports for OS 8 & 9 and UNIX (including FreeBSD and some X11 GUIs).

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Ghostscript is another free option
Authored by: redplague on Jul 25, '02 05:13:12AM

That's the spirit.

To be honest, I have a hard time understanding those people who keep complaining about "complicated". Sure it's easier to export from Photoshop. It's also a hell of a lot more expensive. The only other alternative I've ever heard people mention is SnapzPro X, and even that costs money.
So I take the time to tell folks about a way they can do something for free, and what do I get? One intelligent comment (yours), two emails from guys with questions (I've answered them to the best of my knowledge), and a whole lot of BS from people who apparently consider it a sacrilege to use anything other than an extremely pricey (and bloated) piece of software that wasn't even Carbonized until recently.

BTW, I think ImageMagick might actually be using GhostScript itself.



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