Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-04-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-04-02 18:18:07, schrieb Jeff Zhang: > If you just want to convert txt into ps then pdf, u2ps from gnome-u2ps will > produce better pdf quality with correct embeded font. But can this run on a server which produce over 4000 PDF-Pages per day? I mean in a working day of around 8-10 hours no

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-04-02 Thread JWS
Jeff Zhang wrote: > [Try it] with simple unicode encoding file (test.txt), like: > chinese 中文 > then produce with: > u2ps -X utf8 --gpfamily="Sans 12" test.txt -o u2ps.ps > paps --font "Sans 12" < test.txt >paps.ps It must have something to do with installed fonts. I repeated your experiments

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-04-02 Thread Jeff Zhang
On 4/2/07, Jan Willem Stumpel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jeff Zhang wrote: > If you just want to convert txt into ps then pdf, u2ps from > gnome-u2ps will produce better pdf quality with correct embeded > font. I am sorry, I do not agree. Compared to paps, u2ps is a very poor program indeed.

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-04-02 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
Jeff Zhang wrote: > If you just want to convert txt into ps then pdf, u2ps from > gnome-u2ps will produce better pdf quality with correct embeded > font. I am sorry, I do not agree. Compared to paps, u2ps is a very poor program indeed. - u2ps, unasked, adds a frame around the text and a header.

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-04-02 Thread Jeff Zhang
On 4/2/07, JWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-03-16 18:03:22, schrieb Jan Willem Stumpel: >> paps [font options] < test.txt > test.ps. > This is PERFECTLY what I was serching for my Server... Note that the format of the "font options" in paps has changed betwe

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-04-02 Thread JWS
Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-03-16 18:03:22, schrieb Jan Willem Stumpel: >> paps [font options] < test.txt > test.ps. > This is PERFECTLY what I was serching for my Server... Note that the format of the "font options" in paps has changed between versions 0.6.6 (Etch) and 0.6.7 (Sid). IMH

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-30 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:07:46PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello Jan, > > Am 2007-03-16 18:03:22, schrieb Jan Willem Stumpel: > > This will work if you have a Unicode-aware TeX, but why so > > complicated? paps (apt-get install paps, in Etch since April last > > year) just allows you to s

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-30 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 05:07:25PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hi Doug, > > Am 2007-03-16 10:22:16, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty: > > Have you tried LaTex? Sure a .tex file starts with a preamble but you > > could have two files head.tex (preamble) and tail.tex (nd{document}). > > Then cat h

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Jan, Am 2007-03-16 18:03:22, schrieb Jan Willem Stumpel: > This will work if you have a Unicode-aware TeX, but why so > complicated? paps (apt-get install paps, in Etch since April last > year) just allows you to say > > paps [font options] < test.txt > test.ps. > > If you put paps into

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hi Doug, Am 2007-03-16 10:22:16, schrieb Douglas Allan Tutty: > Have you tried LaTex? Sure a .tex file starts with a preamble but you > could have two files head.tex (preamble) and tail.tex (nd{document}). > Then cat head.tex file.txt tail.tex > file.tex, then latex file.tex then > dvips file.dv

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-15 23:34:47, schrieb H.S.: > Interesting, kwrite worked. Gedit, however, did not. The result in that > case was the same as in u2ps, along with the same gnomeprint warning. > > So, looks like I have to fire up kwrite just to print a simple text file > to a postscript file. And what d

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-16 Thread H.S.
Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: Have you tried LaTex? Sure a .tex file starts with a preamble but you could have two files head.tex (preamble) and tail.tex (\end{document}). Then cat head.tex file.txt tail.tex > file.tex, then latex file.tex then dvips file.dvi. Then yo

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-16 Thread H.S.
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 11:34:47PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > I use kde. Konqueror(kwite)->file->print->print to file(ps) ,this is my way. Gnome should also print it to file. Have a try? Interesting, kwrite worked. Gedit, however, did not. The result in that case was the

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-16 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > Have you tried LaTex? Sure a .tex file starts with a preamble > but you could have two files head.tex (preamble) and tail.tex > (\end{document}). Then cat head.tex file.txt tail.tex > > file.tex, then latex file.tex then dvips file.dvi. Then you > have your file.ps

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-16 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 11:34:47PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > >I use kde. Konqueror(kwite)->file->print->print to file(ps) ,this is > >my way. Gnome should also print it to file. Have a try? > > > > Interesting, kwrite worked. Gedit, however, did not. The result in that > case was the same as in u2p

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-15 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
H.S. wrote: > I am trying to print a text file containing different languages > characters, in utf8 encoding, to a ps file. a2ps gives weird > characters in the non-english character's place. Then I > discovered u2ps, but it gives boxes instead with some messages > given by the u2ps command: T

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-15 Thread H.S.
li sh wrote: 2007/3/16, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello, I am trying to print a text file containing different languages characters, in utf8 encoding, to a ps file. a2ps gives weird characters in the non-english character's place. I encountered a2ps's embarrassment,too. So, does anyone know

Re: how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-15 Thread li sh
2007/3/16, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hello, I am trying to print a text file containing different languages characters, in utf8 encoding, to a ps file. a2ps gives weird characters in the non-english character's place. I encountered a2ps's embarrassment,too. So, does anyone know what is the s

how to print unicode encoded file to ps

2007-03-15 Thread H.S.
Hello, I am trying to print a text file containing different languages characters, in utf8 encoding, to a ps file. a2ps gives weird characters in the non-english character's place. Then I discovered u2ps, but it gives boxes instead with some messages given by the u2ps command: $> u2ps 20070