Thumbnail the cover or rasterize the entire document.
You might sometimes need to convert PDF to other graphics formats. You can easily add a "Print to Image" printer by following [Hack #39] and changing a few ingredients. Alternatively, rasterize your PDF documents using Adobe Acrobat or Photoshop. Because Photoshop gives you the most power, you might prefer to "Print to PDF" and then open these pages in Photoshop.
Install a PNG (or JPEG or TIFF) Printer
The procedure for creating a bitmap (e.g., TIFF, JPEG, PNG) printer is the same as the procedure for creating the PDF printer. The configuration is just a little different. In this example, we'll configure a PNG printer, but you just as easily can create a JPEG or TIFF printer. The DEVICE option determines what gets created. We discuss alternative devices a little later.
Follow the PDF Printer instructions, except:
Name the new printer GS png16m Printer instead of GS Pdf Printer.
Name the new Redirected Port RPTPNG16M: instead of RPTPDF:.
When configuring this new Redirected Port, name the options file C:\gs\png16m_printer.cfg instead of C:\gs\pdf_printer.cfg.
When configuring this new Redirected Port, name the log file C:\gs\png16m_printer.log instead of C:\gs\pdf_printer.log.
Create the file png16m_printer.cfg, referenced earlier. It is a text file of additional arguments passed to Ghostscript. An example is included with our Virtual Printer Kit. Change the paths to suit your Ghostscript and system setup.
-dSAFER
-dBATCH
-dNOPAUSE
-Ic:\gs\gs8.14\Resource
-Ic:\gs\fonts
-Ic:\gs\gs8.14\lib
-sFONTPATH=c:\WINDOWS\FONTS
-sDEVICE=png16m
-r72
-dTextAlphaBits=4
-dGraphicsAlphaBits=4
-dAlignToPixels=0
Using this procedure, you can create one printer for each image file format you commonly use.
"Print to Image" devices and options
The documentation that comes with Ghostscript (C:\gs\gs8.14\doc\index.htm) explains the available output devices (Devices.htm) and general options (Use.htm) that you can use in the configuration file.
Image output filenames
When printing a multipage document to one of these bitmap printers, the output filename must include the %d page number variable so that each page gets a unique filename. To pad this variable with three leading zeros, use %03d. On the Windows command line, the % must be represented by %%.
Acrobat: Save As Image
Beginning with Acrobat 5, you can open a PDF and then Save As . . . to JPEG, PNG, or TIFF image files. From the Save As . . . dialog, click the Settings . . . button to configure image options. You can set the image resolution, color space, and compression, among other things.
Photoshop: Open PDF
Photoshop is an ideal place to manipulate bitmaps, so it makes sense to open your PDF right in Photoshop. If your original document isn't a PDF, print one using Acrobat Distiller or our GS Pdf Printer. Open it in Photoshop, then Save As . . . to whatever format you want.
Mac OS X: Preview
Preview application that comes with Mac OS X lets you open PDF files and save them in a variety of graphics formats.
You might sometimes need to convert PDF to other graphics formats. You can easily add a "Print to Image" printer by following [Hack #39] and changing a few ingredients. Alternatively, rasterize your PDF documents using Adobe Acrobat or Photoshop. Because Photoshop gives you the most power, you might prefer to "Print to PDF" and then open these pages in Photoshop.
Install a PNG (or JPEG or TIFF) Printer
The procedure for creating a bitmap (e.g., TIFF, JPEG, PNG) printer is the same as the procedure for creating the PDF printer. The configuration is just a little different. In this example, we'll configure a PNG printer, but you just as easily can create a JPEG or TIFF printer. The DEVICE option determines what gets created. We discuss alternative devices a little later.
Follow the PDF Printer instructions, except:
Name the new printer GS png16m Printer instead of GS Pdf Printer.
Name the new Redirected Port RPTPNG16M: instead of RPTPDF:.
When configuring this new Redirected Port, name the options file C:\gs\png16m_printer.cfg instead of C:\gs\pdf_printer.cfg.
When configuring this new Redirected Port, name the log file C:\gs\png16m_printer.log instead of C:\gs\pdf_printer.log.
Create the file png16m_printer.cfg, referenced earlier. It is a text file of additional arguments passed to Ghostscript. An example is included with our Virtual Printer Kit. Change the paths to suit your Ghostscript and system setup.
-dSAFER
-dBATCH
-dNOPAUSE
-Ic:\gs\gs8.14\Resource
-Ic:\gs\fonts
-Ic:\gs\gs8.14\lib
-sFONTPATH=c:\WINDOWS\FONTS
-sDEVICE=png16m
-r72
-dTextAlphaBits=4
-dGraphicsAlphaBits=4
-dAlignToPixels=0
Using this procedure, you can create one printer for each image file format you commonly use.
"Print to Image" devices and options
The documentation that comes with Ghostscript (C:\gs\gs8.14\doc\index.htm) explains the available output devices (Devices.htm) and general options (Use.htm) that you can use in the configuration file.
Image output filenames
When printing a multipage document to one of these bitmap printers, the output filename must include the %d page number variable so that each page gets a unique filename. To pad this variable with three leading zeros, use %03d. On the Windows command line, the % must be represented by %%.
Acrobat: Save As Image
Beginning with Acrobat 5, you can open a PDF and then Save As . . . to JPEG, PNG, or TIFF image files. From the Save As . . . dialog, click the Settings . . . button to configure image options. You can set the image resolution, color space, and compression, among other things.
Photoshop: Open PDF
Photoshop is an ideal place to manipulate bitmaps, so it makes sense to open your PDF right in Photoshop. If your original document isn't a PDF, print one using Acrobat Distiller or our GS Pdf Printer. Open it in Photoshop, then Save As . . . to whatever format you want.
Mac OS X: Preview
Preview application that comes with Mac OS X lets you open PDF files and save them in a variety of graphics formats.
1 comments:
Hi,
The site is about PDF printer, by configuring the new port and login you can get the chance of use it. The png16m_printer.cfg is a file help you regarding arguments pass to the file format conversion tools like ghostscript. Thanks a lot.
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