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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > To produce pdf from ps use ghostscript's ps2pdf.
>
> Does one really _need_ PDF? Don't printers accept PS? That's 
> simpler than PS.
(you meant PDF here)

xpdf has a pdftoppm
netpbm can print pbm files without gs
None of my printers accept ps, which is why I need gs to print it.


> I like your idea of disassembling PDF/PS into images and text,
> which could be turned into simple HTML with a script and viewed
> with one's browser.

pdftoppm makes large images files to view with zgv (on the right video 
chip) or probably with xv.


> There must be a way to do the former without xpdf or gs. No need
> to display anything.

I need one or the other. pdftoppm or print/display the ps with gs.

> That way, you don't have to mess with a PDF viewer. And you'd preview
> your PS with the browser, too, because that's what would be converted
> to PS with the script.
>
> But that's mostly pretty ignorant rambling. I don't know printing very well.
>
> I just know I dislike PDF. Big and complex. A plain-text markup
> language for printing is just _fine_

PS files are much larger.  I suppose you could gzip them.  Want to compare 
the same file as pdf or gzipped (or bz2ed) ps?

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