Hello Inkscape users,
transparency is a great feature, I really like it. :-)
But how to print in Inkscape? PS doesn't support transparency, PDF is currently only PS converted with Ghostscript. Scribus is far from import my SVGs in the same way than drawed in Inkscape (at least if I use flowed text).
So, does anybody have an idea? The only thing which comes in mind is to render as PNG with a reasonable resolution and print that -- but that's a lot of work if the size should be the same as in the SVG file.
Thanks for your ideas!
Regards, Bernhard
On 8/28/05, Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@...26...> wrote:
But how to print in Inkscape? PS doesn't support transparency, PDF is currently only PS converted with Ghostscript.
PS is a really old format. Don't use it if you want transparency, or don't use transparency if you want PS.
Scribus is far from import my SVGs in the same way than drawed in Inkscape (at least if I use flowed text).
Use "Convert to text" on flowed text before saving for Scribus or any other SVG renderer/importer.
So, does anybody have an idea? The only thing which comes in mind is to render as PNG with a reasonable resolution and print that -- but that's a lot of work if the size should be the same as in the SVG file.
Not really, in fact I think it's the best method. I think we even have a "print as bitmap" option for printing, try it.
* bulia byak [28.08.2005 19:46]:
On 8/28/05, Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@...26...> wrote:
But how to print in Inkscape? PS doesn't support transparency, PDF is currently only PS converted with Ghostscript.
PS is a really old format. Don't use it if you want transparency, or don't use transparency if you want PS.
Well, as long as Inkscape has no native PDF output it's the only way to create (vector-based) PDFs.
Scribus is far from import my SVGs in the same way than drawed in Inkscape (at least if I use flowed text).
Use "Convert to text" on flowed text before saving for Scribus or any other SVG renderer/importer.
That's a good start, thanks.
But it's still far from perfect. For example Inkscape saves the font name as "Arial", Scribus expects "Arial Regular". Converting text as path solves the problem.
Do you know a command how to convert all texts as path without select all texts manually?
So, does anybody have an idea? The only thing which comes in mind is to render as PNG with a reasonable resolution and print that -- but that's a lot of work if the size should be the same as in the SVG file.
Not really, in fact I think it's the best method. I think we even have a "print as bitmap" option for printing, try it.
Unfortunately, "Print as bitmap" produces a wrong-sized Postscript file. I'll look if there's a bug in the bugtracker for this and if not I'll file a bugreport.
And you have to know the output resolution of the printer if you don't want to get strange results, so nothing for printing on printers which are not yours.
Regards, Bernhard
On 8/28/05, Bernhard Walle <bernhard.walle@...26...> wrote:
Well, as long as Inkscape has no native PDF output it's the only way to create (vector-based) PDFs.
Yes, we definitely need a dedicated pdf exporter with transparency support. Maybe Cairo will give us that.
But it's still far from perfect. For example Inkscape saves the font name as "Arial", Scribus expects "Arial Regular". Converting text as path solves the problem.
Yes, that's the next step after "Convert to text" does not work. But in any case, flowed text is pretty much Inkscape-only feature at the moment.
Do you know a command how to convert all texts as path without select all texts manually?
When you're saving as EPS, you're given an option for that.
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