Hi List,
With using xpdf to read certain PDF version 1.6 files, it gives the following warning.
Error: PDF version 1.6 -- xpdf supports version 1.5 (continuing anyway)
Am using xpdf version 3.00-13 on debian unstable, doesn't anyone know how to get PDF 1.6 working with xpdf.I don't want to use Acroread, so that's not a solution.
Can anybody help ?
Hi Rakesh...
On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 11:36 +0530, Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati wrote:
With using xpdf to read certain PDF version 1.6 files, it gives the following warning.
Error: PDF version 1.6 -- xpdf supports version 1.5 (continuing anyway)
Am using xpdf version 3.00-13 on debian unstable, doesn't anyone know how to get PDF 1.6 working with xpdf.I don't want to use Acroread, so that's not a solution.
Can anybody help ?
A couple of options come my mind:
1. Have you tried to use gpdf or kpdf? The might be using similar engines, but I've not seen too many PDFs that they can not open?
2. Have you tried to use gv? It will use ghostscript to convert try to convert the PDF into PS and then show it on-screen. Alternatively, you could also try to use gs directly. Just experiment a bit with the gs input and output options and I think you will be able to convert the PDF into PS.
If the file's small enough and not private, can you mail it to the mailing list (or to me directly) so that I can test it out at my end as well.
Cheers, Abhas.
Hi Abhas, On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 20:54 +0530, Abhas Abhinav wrote:
Hi Rakesh...
- Have you tried to use gpdf or kpdf? The might be using similar
engines, but I've not seen too many PDFs that they can not open?
No, As I neither use GNOME or KDE I didn't use anyone of them, shall try them out and post you the details.
Being on slow system I stick to xpdf is for speed.
The only reference to this problem are an bug report to another tool(evince).
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2005-May/msg01401.html
And a feature request posted in Ubuntu OS wiki.
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/BountyProposals
Add PDF version 1.6 support for poppler/xpdf and some PDF editing support for evince (http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/) -- Reviczky Ádám János
Thanks you all for your help.