2014-09-10 12:44 GMT+03:00 <b...@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>: > Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.rac...@iki.fi> wrote on 09/09/2014 22:02:26: > >> On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:40:43 +0100 "Volker C. Behr" >> <b...@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote: >> > On 03/01/12 14:03, Brian Potkin wrote: >> > > Followup-For: Bug #658004 >> > > >> > > >> > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-pdf/+bugs > >> > > >> > > The really interesting discussion is in #820820 but you'll want to >> > > read >> > > #942866 too. The essence is that desktop applications output in PDF >> > > and >> > > jobs from lp/lpr are converted to PDF by CUPS. The extra processing by >> > > cups-pdf with Ghostscript may produce a less than optimal PDF. >> > >> > I am aware that some desktop applications output in PDF - but not all >> > (CUPS-PDF is not developed specifically for Linux). So I cannot assume a >> > PDF workflow. Furthermore, not re-processing the PDF doesn't allow to >> > change e.g. the PDF version. >> > Finally, if you already have a PDF you like as native output of your >> > application - why not simply use that one? >> >> I think that the main issue with our pdf2pdf usage is that it tends to >> systematically convert PDF documents containing text into one gigantic >> image, thus losing the possibility to copy/paste/search text content. If >> there is a pdf2pdf option that we can leverage to avoid this loss, then >> we really should use it by default. > > I remain with my view that if your application already supports PDF output - > why not simply print to a file? Furthermore, one feature of CUPS-PDF is the > ability to use the full scope of GhostScript to generate custom PDFs - > simply passing PDF through would hamper that option. Lastly, as stated > above, CUPS-PDF is meant as a universal UNIX-tool, not just for Linux > distributions implementing a PDF-workflow.
Volker, I fully agree with your general idea that if something already is a PDF, then why not just save it. The larger issue here is, is there any way to avoid converting PDF documents that contain text into a large image that can no longer be searched or copy-pasted? Martin-Éric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/debian-bugs-dist
