Re: EPS to PDF Watch Folder Dilemma
Re: EPS to PDF Watch Folder Dilemma
- Subject: Re: EPS to PDF Watch Folder Dilemma
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:28:25 -0600
Using SIPS or Image Events, you should be able to modify my mess to save as pdf. I don't have time right now, but I could probably take up the challenge and write it tonight if you want to collaborate.
You up for it?
Cheers,
- Alex Zavatone
On Mar 11, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Tom Langton wrote:
> Look a little deeper ;)
>
> GhostScript is a kind of public domain PostScript rip. I convert pdf.s to
> jpg.s all day long (using Lasso as middleware, on a Mac Mini).
>
> It's not at all pretty or directly applescriptable, but it is fast. Finding
> just the right way to get the right version installed was a pain, but is
> easily testable from the command line once installed. Test file I've used is
> a little tiny postscript text file that instantly rips to jpg.
>
> Here's the link that spurred me on:
> http://old.nabble.com/PDF-to-image...-tt16998740.html#a17003712
>
> Here's the how to:
> http://ghostscript.com/doc/8.54/Use.htm
>
> Good luck with your project.
>
> Tom Langton
>
> On 3/11/10 12:44 PM, "Richard Lake" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> 5. Thanks Tom, but it didn't really address my problem. Quick glimpse at
>> Ghostscript tells me that it is for converting bitmap graphics/placed images
>> and not vectored/scalable formats such as EPS; to PDF.
>
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