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From: Dave Harris (brangdon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-29 08:40:27


In-Reply-To: <20041223171108.GB6938_at_[hidden]>
alan-boost_at_[hidden] (Alan Gutierrez) wrote (abridged):
> > That's okay for simple things, but for any serious printing work
> > you need to know you're talking to a printer. For example, you
> > may need to embed postscript in your output stream.
>
> I'd like to look at how OS X is able to make a PDF of everything.

I can think of two ways. First, the PDF can reflect what would be printed
if the printer did not support postscript (which not all printers do).
Second, PDF can itself contain embedded postscript.

-- Dave Harris, Nottingham, UK


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