On Tue, 02 May 2017 20:04:55 +0200 Felix Natter <fnat...@gmx.net> wrote:
>hello Brian, > >Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: >> On Tue 02 May 2017 at 18:12:18 +0200, Felix Natter wrote: >> >>> does anybody know an alternative for PDF printing (from any application >>> that can print) to printer-driver-cups-pdf? >>> >>> The output of printer-driver-cups-pdf (in jessie and sid) >>> is really bad, see: >>> http://www2.inf.fh-brs.de/~fnatte2s/freeplane.pdf >>> (might not be viewable by in-browser pdf-viewer, save and open with >>> evince/okular to see the broken content: jagged edges, useless font >>> rendering) >>> >>> The application I am using (Freeplane 1.6) cannot produce PDFs on its >>> own (due to incompatibility with the new SVG rendering). >>> >>> There was a bug #847462, but it's resolved and didn't seem to help. >>> >>> Any hints? >> >> brian@desktop:~$ file freeplane.pdf >> freeplane.pdf: PostScript document text conforming DSC level 3.0 >> >> Do you want to start again? :) > >I tried renaming the file to freeplane.ps, and get the same result when >viewing with evince ;-) > >> What application produced this PostScript file? > >Freeplane, a java mind map editor. I strongly assume that this is the >built-in java printing functionality. A screenshot of the printing >dialog is attached. > >Thanks and Best Regards, According to the screenshot you included, the 'Print to File' option is checked. This is my guess as to why a postscript was produced. That option should not be checked when printing to cups-pdf. Jason
