Plotting to Adobe Acrobat

[shuga_raye]

Is there a way to plot to adobe acrobat WITH THE CORRECT LINETYPES, LINESCALE, ETC?

 

[ankarl]

search the forum for Ghostscript and you'll find a lot of information

 

[shuga_raye]

Tried PDFCreator with Ghostscript embedded, lines are still incorrect. Any ideas?

 

[mattcoyle]

tryView attachment 4423thenView attachment 4424(make sure your working directory is set to where you'd like the pdf)

 

[torme]

Have you tried the config.pro setting:





use_software_linefonts and set it to YES?

 

[dgs]

I think that you can use a pent table file (*.pnt) and a plotter configuration file (*.pcf) with Acrobat as with any other printer. You point to the *.pnt in the *.pcf then you pick the *.pcf by name in the print dialog:


View attachment 4429


Each one of those points to a *.pcf file where I then define the target printer and other options including lineweights or pen table file. Some go straight to the plotter (via command line), some to a file and some to Windows Print Manager.


We don't generally print straight to Acrobat, we print to a *.ps file and then process it with Distiller. Should work the same with Acrobat though.

 

[shuga_raye]

dgs,


i plot to file first also, but it saves as a *.plt file and i have to rename it *.ps, then it goes to ghostscript. For the most part, the lines are correct. Some items are slightly off, for instance the a line may be lslslsls (long short) instead of lssslssslsssl

 

[dgs]

Exactly what we do, but we send it to Distiller instead.

 

[shuga_raye]

Exactly what we do, but we send it to Distiller instead.

Do you have the line problem?

 

[dgs]

Oh, sorry.

If I understand you right, you're saying the length of the segments of dashed,phantomor center lines is different in the PDFthan if plotted or printed on paper? I originally thought you were referring to line weights (thicknesses).


I haven't noticed any difference, but I haven't necessarily looked for it either. Sorry I can't be more help.