Hello,

Is there any free download-able Solaris 8 program to convert PDF file
to PostScript file ?

Something similiar to the pre-packaged "pdftops" program under /usr/
sfw/bin in Solaris 10.

Thanks,

Bill

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underh20.scubadiving@gmail.com writes:
>Is there any free download-able Solaris 8 program to convert PDF file
>to PostScript file ?

>Something similiar to the pre-packaged "pdftops" program under /usr/
>sfw/bin in Solaris 10.

Thats part of the xpdf package. You can get that from Blastwave..

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On Mar 16, 1:21 pm, Chris Lawson <no_s...@192.168.0.4> wrote:
> underh20.scubadiv...@gmail.com wrote: 
> 

Hi,

I've installed the Ghostscript 8.54 package from the Sun software
web site at our Solaris 8 server.  When I tried to convert the pdf
file to the post script file, I am getting error below.  Any idea ?


# /usr/local/bin/pdf2ps  e3hp4_20070316T154818.066.pdf
e3hp4_20070316T154818.066.ps


Error: /invalidfont in findfont
Operand stack:
--dict:9/9(L)--   TT32   1   --dict:8/8(L)--   Arial   --dict:
8/8(L)--   Helvetica   Helvetica   Font   Helvetica   1
507784   Helvetica   --nostringval--   Helvetica   NimbusSanL-Regu
Courier   NimbusMonL-Regu
Execution stack:
%interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --
nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1
3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3
%oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   1   1   --
nostringval--   %for_pos_int_continue   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
%array_continue   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push
--nostringval--   %loop_continue   --nostringval--   --
nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringva
l--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   8   10   %oparray_pop   9
10   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringva
l--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false
1   %stopped_push   12   11   %oparray_pop   --nostr
ingval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   1   -1   1   --
nostringval--   %for_neg_int_continue
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1119/1686(ro)(G)--   --dict:2/20(G)--   --dict:75/200(L)--
--dict:75/200(L)--   --dict:105/127(ro)(G)--   --
dict:253/347(ro)(G)--   --dict:21/24(L)--   --dict:4/6(L)--   --dict:
21/32(L)--   --dict:8/8(L)--   --dict:17/17(ro)(G)-
-   --dict:1119/1686(ro)(G)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
GPL Ghostscript 8.54: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1





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> 
> 
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> http://www.sunfreeware.com/programl...tml#ghostscript
>
> --
> Chris

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On Mar 16, 4:01 pm, Roger Johnson <roger0...@netscape.net> wrote:
> underh20.scubadiv...@gmail.com wrote: 
> 
>
> If you haveAcrobat5 (4 also ?) you can do "cat my.pdf | acroread
> -toPostScript > my.ps"

Hi Roger,

We don't ahve Acrobat reader.  Do you know where we can download the
acrobat reader for the version you've mentioned ?

Thanks,

Bill

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underh20.scubadiving@gmail.com writes:
>On Mar 16, 4:01 pm, Roger Johnson <roger0...@netscape.net> wrote: 
[vbcol=seagreen]
>Hi Roger,

>  We don't ahve Acrobat reader.  Do you know where we can download the
>acrobat reader for the version you've mentioned ?


Do you have SPARC or x86? Since Solaris 8, I'd assume SPARC.

Its available here

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrob...llversions.html

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On 2007-03-16, Chris Lawson <no_spam@192.168.0.4> wrote:
> underh20.scubadiving@gmail.com wrote: 
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> http://www.sunfreeware.com/programl...tml#ghostscript

While ghostscript will work fine the files it generates have a
couple of limitations since ghostscript simply rasterizes everything
before generating a postscript output file.  This has the effect
of both reducing the quality and causing a massive increase in file
size, which wastes disk space and may well slow things down if you
come to print the file.  Someone else has already mentioned xpdf
which is a much better Open Source option.

--
Andrew Smallshaw
andrews@sdf.lonestar.org

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