[TriLUG] Distiller

[Ed Warnicke]

Be forewarned however... at one time at least the pdf 
produced by ps2pdf would break the pdf munging tools 
used by the NSF ( National Science Foundation ) for 
grant applications.  So if you are applying for NSF grants,
test extensively.

Ed
On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 15:29, Ed Hill wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 13:12, Mark wrote:
> > Is there a distiller for linux? I do a lot of ripping of postscript and 
> > am getting tired of running back and forth between Windows and the good 
> > system :-) ....
> 
> Yes, get the latest (v7.x) ghostscript and gs-fonts from 
> 
>   http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
> 
> and use the ps2pdf that it includes.  Works very nicely, producing pdfs
> that look good on-screen as well as when printed (no more of the ugly
> bitmapped fonts that earlier versions produced!).
> 
> If you're using LaTeX to produce your ps files then you'll also want to
> use the following:
> 
>   dvips -Ppdf -G0 fed_reg_letter
>   ps2pdf fed_reg_letter.ps
> 
> instead of your normal dvips command.
> 
> hth,
> Ed
> 
> 
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