Re: PDF file conversion utilities - Best of breed recommendation plea se!

[Laura Lopez <laura.lopez@TRINET.COM>]

I'd like to thank you all for your recommendations.  We are still working on
this, and using some of your suggestions.  Thanks to all of you who
answered.

Laura.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Dimick Eastman [SMTP:erice@ONTKO.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:46 AM
> To:   SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
> Subject:      Re: PDF file conversion utilities - Best of breed
> recommendation plea              se!
>
> Laura,
>
>
>
> We have had great success with GhostScript's ps2pdf utility to convert
> PostScript to PDF.  We couldn't use the PDF straight from SQR since we
> had to print reports with vertical text and  a mixture of landscape and
> portrait in the same report.  I would be interested to know if your
> problem is a known bug and if it has been fixed in a later version.
>
> I don't have experience using Distiller so I can't give a comparison,
> but GhostScript has really worked well for us.  It is fast, reliable,
> fairly no-hassle and I have generated PDF's as large as 20 MB with no
> problem.
>
> I have used gs both on Linux and Solaris.  What flavor of unix are you
> using?  On Solaris you will probably want to use ps2pdf13 to generate
> PDF according to the latest standard.  Also we had to make a small
> change to the postscri.str file.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Eric
>
>
> Laura Lopez wrote:
>
> >Thank you Paul!  We actually were looking for Unix converters ...  I
> should
> >have specified that!
> >I appreciate your help though.
> >Take care!
> >Laura.
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Paul Hoyte [SMTP:phoyte@SHARIDIONNE.COM]
> >>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:59 AM
> >>To:   SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
> >>Subject:      Re: PDF file conversion utilities - Best of breed
> >>recommendation plea              se!
> >>
> >>Hello Laura:
> >>
> >>I just did some research on this very topic.  Check out the following
> >>website: http://www.bcl-computers.com/
> >>
> >>They have several products to support the PDF process but the ones that
> >>would work for you are either EasyPDF or the Drake plug-in.  You can
> also
> >>give them a call and they would provide much more information regarding
> >>the
> >>products and the conversion process.
> >>
> >>Good luck.
> >>
> >>Paul Hoyte
> >>Sharidionne, Inc.
> >>(248) 559-6868
> >>www.sharidionne.com
> >>phoyte@sharidionne.com
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Discussion of SQR, Brio Software's database reporting language
> >>[mailto:SQR-USERS@list.iex.net]On Behalf Of Laura Lopez
> >>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:36 PM
> >>To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
> >>Subject: PDF file conversion utilities - Best of breed recommendation
> >>plea se!
> >>
> >>
> >>We are using SQR version 4.3.4.x and although PDF file conversion is
> >>supported, we are frustrated with the reliability and speed of the
> >>conversion process. On large PDF files we seem to have file corruption
> >>problems, whereas the same report with a smaller file will run fine.
> >>
> >>After researching on this user group (a wonderful resource) we've seen
> >>others recommend either Ghostscript or Adobe Distiller.
> >>
> >>What is the current best of breed recommendation for conversions in
> terms
> >>of
> >>reliability and speed?
> >>
> >>Also, is Postscript to PDF the best way to end up with a PDF file? Is
> >>there
> >>even a third party SPF to PDF utility?
> >>
> >>Many thanks in advance.
> >>
> >>_______________________
> >>Laura López
> >>Extension:    1018
> >>
> >
> >