Hi jt,
I just handled a 120cm x 85cm sized document on a Windows 2000 system and found two ways to print it:
1) Save the svg file in Inkscape as png (File -> Export bitmatp). Open the png file in Gimp (gimp.org) and print. If you got problems printing from Gimp, save the file as jpg. and import the jpg into PowerPoint and print from there.
2) Save the svg file in Inkscape as ps (File -> Save as: select postscript). Open the ps file in GSView (need to also install ghostscript, both at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/) and print from there or convert to pdf (File -> Convert: select pdfwrite). Open the pdf in AcrobatReader and print from there. In my case, the in Inkscape produced text in the pdf file looked horrible on screen, but printed just fine.
I had the feeling that the png-jpg solution resulted in a tick better printout, but that might just be my imagination.
Jutta
At 00:16 07.09.2006, you wrote:
I would like to convert .svg files (created in Inkscape) to .pdf files and then print the file.
I've been advised that I would have better results when printing .pdf files then I do with .svg files (I can't get the file saved as a .svg file to print when custom sized (anything other then 8.5 x 11 in.) prints are needed. For example, I can't get a complete print-out of a document created on 8.5 x 24 inch document format). I guess I should ask, printing from an .pdf file will result in a continous print-out (using banner paper) of between 24 to around 36 inches, won't it? If so.....
Please help me. Exactly, how do I convert a .svg file to a .pdf file? What application(s) can I use to convert and then open and print the newly created .pdf file? I would like to use open source applications.
I will create the document in Inkscape.
Thank you so much one and all!!!
jt
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