Subject: Re: Graphic Images
From: Paolo Molaro (lupus@debian.org)
Date: Sat Apr 21 2001 - 12:27:24 CDT
On 04/21/01 Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> > However we need a library capable of translating a SVG data stream to an
> > image of arbitary resolution (like a 2000 dpi printer..)
Check the librsvg module on the gnome cvs.
> I disagree on this. Printing is and must stay resolution agnostic. That
> is all the purpose of Postscript. So for printing (and even display),
> the SVG image must be sent as vectors. I know this makes the stuff
> harder.
> For example, on UNIX, a SVG -> PS would be nice.
When it's possible...
As soon as the SVG image uses opacity, you need to create a raster
image and send that to the printer instead since PS doesn't support
it. I think GnomePrint tries to be smart and actually rasterize only
the parts of the page with opacity when generating postscript.
lupus
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