[pdftex] Image downsampling

[Thierry Bouche]

Le vendredi 28 février 2003 à 03:06:08, Gunther Weber écrivit :

GHW> Hi,

GHW> I want to submit a document to a publisher who states concerning PDF 
GHW> creation:

GHW> --- begin quote ---
GHW> 'pdftex' and 'pdflatex' (and its variants) can be used only if the 
GHW> author can make certain that all typefaces are embedded and images are 
GHW> not downsampled or subsampled during the PDF creation process.
GHW> --- end quote ---


GHW> So the remaining question is: Does pdftex subsample/downsample the 
GHW> bitmap images it includes? If yes, is there a way to turn this of?

the question is not pdftex, it is what you use in order to get a PDF
version of the included images. If you use ghostscript at 300 dpi, then
you downsample if it were 1200 dpi...


 Thierry Bouche