Re: PDF Limitations?

Charles,

As I stated before, AFPTOOL does do a raster image
conversion (graphics) for AFPDS spooled files.   SPLTOOL
converts to a text PDF (but also retaining all spacing,
bold, underlines, etc).

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:16:53 -0400
 "Wilt, Charles" <CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Another one is CVTSPLSTMF from Ariadne Software
> 
> http://www.ariadnesoftware.com/
> 
> I didn't think Brad's AFPTOOL converted to graphics.
> 
> Charles Wilt
> iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
> Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
> ph: 513-573-4343
> fax: 513-398-1121
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Steve Richter
> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:05 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: PDF Limitations?
> > 
> > 
> > On 4/14/05, daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I guess I should have read the fine print.  I believe
> that 
> > they both have
> > > an intermediate step that converts the spool file to
> a 
> > .tiff image.  I
> > > wonder if that's due to overlays or other
> characteristics 
> > of AFPDS spool
> > > files.  Maybe that's why the conversion programs that
> I've 
> > seen so far tend
> > > to differentiate between SCS and AFPDS.  I'm trying
> the 
> > CVTSPLSTMF from
> > > MMAIL right now and it's been chugging away for a few
> minutes.
> > 
> > as I understand it, most but not all as400 pdf tools go
> the route of
> > having the as400 api convert the spooled file to a tiff
> image, then
> > the tiff image is stored in the pdf file.  There are
> two problems with
> > the tiff image approach.  First, it makes the resulting
> pdf file
> > larger than otherwise. ( important when emailing the
> document ) 
> > Second, I doubt the end user can search the document
> for text and it
> > probably does not scale very well when they view it.
> > 
> > Gumbo software is the only as400 vendor I know of that
> creates the pdf
> > file directly from the text contents of the spooled
> file.
> > 
> > -Steve
> > 
> > > 
> > > What about Infoprint Server?  Does anybody know if it
> has a 
> > limit on AFPDS
> > > printer files?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Dave Parnin
> > > Nishikawa Standard Company
> > > Topeka, IN  46571
> > > daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 
> > >                      michael@ryantechnolo
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> > RE: PDF Limitations?
> > > 
> > >                      04/14/2005 11:59 AM
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> > > 
> > > I dunno about AFPTOOl, but CVTSPLFPDF says it
> supports up 
> > to 2 pages...
> > > 
> > > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > > Subject: PDF Limitations?
> > > > From: daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Date: Thu, April 14, 2005 12:41 pm
> > > > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > > > Since PDF's seem to be the topic of the day...
> > > >
> > > > Is there a size limit to PDF's?  I've been giving
> trial 
> > runs to AFPTOOL
> > > by
> > > > Brad Stone and CVTSPLFPDF from MMAIL at 
> http://www-922.ibm.com/.  They
> > both
> > > seem to do a good job but they both had problems when
> I tried to convert
> > a
> > > spool file that was 8660 pages.  Was that too much?
>  I've only done a
> > > minimal amount of testing so it could be my fault.
>  Granted, most reports
> > > that we would be interested in converting wouldn't be
> nearly that big but
> > I
> > > thought that I'd try this since our accounting
> department runs some large
> > > year-end reports that they want to keep until the end
> of time.
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave Parnin
> > > Nishikawa Standard Company
> > > Topeka, IN  46571
> > > daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
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Bradley V. Stone
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