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Printing Banners & Posters
by Jon jts 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

For weeks I've searched for answers to printing Inkscape documents that involve custom sized documents(using continuous paper on an HP printer. Thank you everyone for the helpful advice and solutions to my problems. Unfortunately, I just could not get the print I needed. During my searching, I ran across "Poster Printer 1.0 (beta)" located at SourceForge.net. This printer app works GREAT so far. When you press print, Poster Printer shows up as a printer choice. I've been able to print the documents that would not print with Inkscape, or would not print correctly when converted to pdf or ps files on continuous paper. Another solution I found was to buy ($18) a copy of "Poster 7" which is a banner/poster maker app. I convert my Inkscape document to a JPEG file, open it in "Poster 7", make the necessary size changes and print. I use Inkscape to create my document and then use either app to print. "Poster 7" will print just banners to any size (up to 100 sheets long I think) along with posters up to 9 feet tall. "Poster Printer 1.0" resizes all documents to posters so you don't really get a banner but a poster instead. So far, both work great to print from. PLEASE, Inkscape code writers, incorporate these really useful printing options found in the above mentioned apps. I would think that the usefulness of Inkscape would be greatly increased, at least to users like myself (teachers, etc. with very limited tech. $$$$$). Does anyone know of other applications that will print banners? Again, EVERYONE, thank you for your continued help and advice. jt -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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postscript fonts (.pfm)
by Ève LÉcuyer 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

Hello everybody, I have a question regarding this great little wonder that is Inkscape : I want to use a font. But this font does not show in the list of font under the Text and font dialog box. This font is well installed on my C:\WINDOWS\FONTS. But it wears a .pfm extension not .ttf. How can I have Inkscape recognizing this font. I use a french 0.44 version of Inkscape on Windows XP. Thanks! Ève --------------------------------- Lèche-vitrine ou lèche-écran ? Yahoo! Magasinage.

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Drawing arrowhead
by Peng Yu 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Hi, Is there any primitives in svg such that I can draw arrow head easily? I couldn't find one in the document. The one that I found is that I have to define marker. Is that the best way to do it? Thanks, Peng

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Mathematical calculation in Inkscape
by Peng Yu 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Hi, I have the following code. I shows two half eclipses and one half disk. They represent 3 functions. I want to draw the function f1(x)+f2(x)+f3(x). Is there any exact way to do it in svg? Thanks, Peng <path transform="translate(200, 800)" d="M100,0 a100,100 0 0,0 -200,0 z" fill="red" opacity="0.5" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" id="path10935" /> <path transform="translate(100, 800)" d="M20,0 a20,60 0 0,0 -40,0 z" fill="blue" opacity="0.5" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" id="path10937" /> <path transform="translate(300, 800)" d="M20,0 a20,60 0 0,0 -40,0 z" fill="blue" opacity="0.5" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" id="path10939" /> <text x="100" y="700" dx="-20" font-size="30" fill="black" > f1(x) </text> <text x="200" y="700" dx="-20" font-size="30" fill="black" > f2(x) </text> <text x="300" y="700" dx="-20" font-size="30" fill="black" > f3(x) </text> <defs> <marker id="Triangle" viewBox="0 0 10 10" refX="0" refY="5" markerUnits="strokeWidth" markerWidth="4" markerHeight="3" orient="auto"> <path d="M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z" /> </marker> </defs> <path d="M80,800 h300" fill="none" stroke="black" stroke-width="3" marker-end="url(#Triangle)" /> <text x="380" y="800" font-size="30" fill="black" > x </text>

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What does "sodipodi" in svg file?
by Peng Yu 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Hi, I draw something in Inkscape and save in the svg file. But I don't understand what "sodipodi" means? I couldn't find it in the SVG manual http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-SVG11-20030114/paths.html. Would you please help me if you know what it means? Thanks, Peng <path sodipodi:type="arc" style="fill:blue;fill-opacity:1;stroke:black;stroke-width:1;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-dashoffset:0;stroke-opacity:1" id="path8876" sodipodi:cx="246.42857" sodipodi:cy="707.36218" sodipodi:rx="152.14285" sodipodi:ry="82.14286" d="M 245.23643,789.50252 A 152.14285,82.14286 0 1 1 381.47519,669.53075 L 246.42857,707.36218 z" sodipodi:start="1.5786321" sodipodi:end="5.8045632" />

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Opacity on Export for PDF/PS
by Sean Laurent 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Hi, I'm seeing some behavior I didn't expect when I export to PDF or Postscript with Inkscape 0.43 and 0.44. Basically, I'm trying to create a fancy CD label and I have 5 layers (from bottom to top): outline; band name; show location; show date & disc number; and track listing. For layout purposes, the outline layer has some circles to represent the CDs, which have a black fill and an opacity of 64. If I reduce the opacity to 0 and export the file as either PDF or Postscript, it completely ignores the opacity and renders the circle as a solid black fill. This gets even worse once the track listing is in place because of overlapping content. Is this a bug or is there a better approach? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! -Sean

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No compiled linux version of 0.44.1?
by Thorsten 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Hi, I can't find an autopackage for the updated 0.44.1 on sourceforge. Windows and Mac versions are there, only one for Linux is absent. Would somebody please compile an autopackage? That would be cool! - Thorsten

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Layers: what for?
by gri3f on 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

by using layers: - You can protect artwork that you don't want to change, - you can hide artwork that you aren't working with so that it's not distracting, Regards, gri3fon dot deviantart dot com | http://gri3fon.carbonmade.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul Smith <phhs80@...155...> To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:10:47 PM Subject: [Inkscape-user] Layers: what for? Dear All Could someone please tell me what for are layers intended? I have never used such a thing, and that is why it intrigues me. Thanks in advance, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Printing on Suse 10.0 Fails
by Sean Laurent 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

I'm running Inkscape 0.43 on Suse 10.0 with KDE 3.4.2b and when I try to print, nothing happens. The print dialog never appears. If I run Inkscape from the command line, I see the following errors: (inkscape:10775): GnomePrint-CRITICAL **: gnome_print_fill: assertion `gp_gc_has_currentpath (pc->gc)' failed (inkscape:10775): GnomePrintCupsPlugin-WARNING **: iconv does not support ppd character encoding: ISOLatin1, trying CSISOLatin1 Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Sean

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Re: [Inkscape-user] LaTeX [on WIndows]
by Davi Fonseca 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

> Bryce Harrington wrote:> > On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:53:40PM -0400, Gary wrote:> > > >> Isn't there supposed to be a feature to render LaTeX? Under Effects>Render?> >> Or have I misinterpreted something?> >> (I can't find the feature on Windows version 0.44.1)> >>> >> thanks,> >> gary> >> > >> > There is a LaTeX formula extension under Effects>Render on Linux, is> > that what you're thinking? I've never used it though.> >> > Bryce> > > I guess so. It's not there in the Windows version. In order to use the Latex effect under Windows. You need: - A LaTeX installation (recommended Miktex); - If you installed Miktex, then you will have both latex.exe and dvips.exe already in the PATH (if not make sure this is the case); - Download and install "pstoedit", you will need to add the folder of pstoedit.exe to the PATH; - Install Ghostscript; - For some reason the extension fails to check the PATH requirements. Hence go to "(...)\inkscape\share\extensions" and edit eqtexsvg.inx (notepad or any text editor should just be fine). Remove the following three lines: <dependency type="executable" location="path">latex</dependency><dependency type="executable" location="path">dvips</dependency><dependency type="executable" location="path">pstoedit</dependency> Remember to save the file. - (Re)Start Inkscape. Now you should have the Latex Equation option (and it should be working). _________________________________________________________________ Call friends with PC-to-PC calling -- FREE http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

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