Re: Get Unix FM to import PDFs?

[Fred Ma <fma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arnis Gubins wrote:

> Fred,
>
> FWIW, FM on other platforms will convert PDFs to EPS files internally
> and store these temp versions in the system temp areas during a
> session. Don't be fooled into thinking that you could really be
> gaining anything in terms of file size.
>
> Make sure that you've optimized your EPS, set it to level 3 and make
> it binary when exporting from Acrobat. That's all you've really got to
> work with.

Hi, Arnis and Helge,

I had someone with PC access to FM do a test.  The FM file
increased by approximately the size of the imported EPS/PDF
file (6x difference).  Then again, the tool that generated the
EPS was matlab. The university doesn't have the full
acrobat that lets you modify PDFs, so I have to use what matlab
gives me.  It can specify level 2 only.  There aren't a whole lot
of switches that control the EPS otherwise.

The small PDF was created from the large EPS using unix
"distill".  I tried using "acroread -toPostcript -level3", but the
level 3 PS is almost the same size as the EPS.  If it had been
much smaller, I would try unix "ps2epsi" to get the desired
small EPS for import into FM.

Fred



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Get Unix FM to import PDFs?
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:34:43 -0800
From: "Helge Blischke" <h.blischke@srz-berlin.de>
Newsgroups: adobe.framemaker

As for the file size, which language level did you select for the EPS files acroread creates? The choices are level 1, level 3, and level 3. If you choose level 1, any bitmapped images in the PDF get converted into a uncompressed and HEX encoded datastream which clearly bloates the EPS file. Use level 2 or level 3 to get compressed images but ensure ASCII format if you chose to embed fonts or font subsets into the EPS.

To automate the process, you should be able to find someone who is able to write a nice little script arount all this that can be called as a graphics input filter from FrameMaker.

Helge




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