On 8/11/07, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > When using Acrobat Professional, the pdf files that I obtain from, > > > e.g., a web-page of a newspaper contain text that one can copy to a > > > word processor. However, in Linux, with > > > > > > 1. print to a ps file; > > > 2. use ps2pdf to convert to pdf from ps, > > > > > > the pdf files does not contain copyable text, as the text is > > > bitmapped. Can one obtain, in Linux, pdf files with copyable text? Any > > > ideas? > > > > I suppose that depends on the creation method. For instance, you can > > use OpenOffice to "export" a document as PDF, and you can install a PDF > > printer driver for CUPs, and "print" a PDF. You get different results > > both ways, you might want to try that. But I found exporting a document > > resulted in a PDF with copyable test, printing to the CUPS-PDF driver > > resulted in uncopyable. I picked a non-standard font for my test, just > > to see if one would still be copyable if I didn't use the basic fonts > > commonly employed in PDFs. > > > > I'd imagine how you created your PostScript file would have made a > > difference, too. Whether it's controlled text, or pre-rendered > > graphics, possibly the use of some fonts might be a potential problem. > > > > Info from the cups-pdf RPM: > > -------------------------- > > "cups-pdf" is a backend script for use with CUPS - the "Common UNIX > > Printing System" (see more for CUPS under http://www.cups.org/). > > "cups-pdf" uses the ghostscript pdfwrite device to produce PDF Files. > > > > This version has been modified to store the PDF files on the Desktop of > > the user. This behavior can be changed by editing the configuration > > file. > > Thanks, Tim. Maybe, the problem is in the creation of the PS file, as > CutePDF (a freeware PDF printer tool for MS Windows) uses ps2pdf to > produce PDF documents, which with copyable text. See > > http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp I have filed an enhancement request: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251801 Paul
