[XeTeX] Printers & PDFs created by XeTeX

[William Adams]

On Jul 24, 2007, at 4:36 AM, Evgenie Medvedev wrote:

> William Adams wrote:
>
>> Strange. Probably it's stamping the .pdf w/ a number / slug or
>> something like that.
>
> 	Only, there's no text in it that could be copied out of it, so that
> doesn't seem the case. It might be that it embeds a font just  
> because it
> coded to always embeds a font...

I'd have to look at a .pdf it created to make sure --- perhaps it's  
using a template for constructing the .pdf which includes a place for  
text.

>> Use a tool to check the separations.
>
> 	Any free tools out there that can do that?

If you've got Windows you could maybe track down a copy of Adobe  
Acrobat Approval (The IRS used to distribute it on a CD w/ tax forms  
for small businesses) and a copy of Enfocus Eyedropper.

I believe there're command line options for GhostScript which will do  
this as well.

>> CID keyed fonts were introduced in ~1996 if memory serves, so since
>> sometime after that.
>
> 	That's more than ten years ago, does the hardware really last this  
> long?

Yep. We're talking about hardware that costs tens of thousands of  
dollars (and up) --- software RIP licenses aren't much cheaper (are  
sometimes more expensive) and are often tied to hardware (pricing  
varies according to device resolution).

I know an Agfa Accuset 9800 that I installed back in 1993 is still in  
use (and it was purchased used).

William

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William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications