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#4 option to select pdf level

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nobody
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2004-05-03
2004-04-30
Anonymous
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a way to select the desired pdf level (1.2 ...1.5) instead
with -old only the original document version, the ability
is (i think so) already hidden in multivalent only the
option ist lacking....

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  • Tom Phelps

    Tom Phelps - 2004-04-30

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    Why would targeting a very old version of PDF be useful? Why not
    just use Acrobat 6 or Multivalent or xpdf 3.0?

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    there some (smaller) platforms like os/2 or solaris with only
    limited acrobat or other reader support....

     
  • Tom Phelps

    Tom Phelps - 2004-05-03
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  • Tom Phelps

    Tom Phelps - 2004-05-03

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    Acrobat is only at 3.0 for OS/2, but nobody uses OS/2. Solaris,
    Linux, and most other platforms have Acrobat 5.0.

    To be able to select the PDF level would require back conversion,
    for example converting JBIG2 images to Fax. It is not the case
    that there is support for this that just needs a switch to turn it on.

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    -no i don't mean back conversation only level "upward"...
    example: pdf document v1.2 but i don't want upgrade to level
    1.5 because of limited support... so i can't select v1.4 in
    multivalent , igot to stay on 1.2

    - and in --old mode you must already know which methods
    are allowed in specific version...

    so i think it's not so big think to select the maximum "upgrade"
    level...

     
  • Tom Phelps

    Tom Phelps - 2004-07-07

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    This wouldn't be hard to implement, but -- as least now -- it
    wouldn't make any difference. The minimum level of PDF (1.2)
    supports all compression features that make a big difference,
    except those introduced in PDF 1.5.

     
  • Nobody/Anonymous

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    ok, thanks...
    this sounds reasonable... will stay on -old switch

     

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