Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:37:08 +0100 From: Georg Auernhammer <rusisnoc@helpdesk.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> To: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scanning docs into pdf format Message-ID: <20020316103708.GA25425@helpdesk.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <20020315210121.2db89ec8.chip@wiegand.org> References: <20020315162101.6a504cb3.chip@wiegand.org> <20020316004353.GA7802@helpdesk.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <20020315210121.2db89ec8.chip@wiegand.org>
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Chip Wiegand: > > I'm scanning pics (lots) with sane, > > On FreeBSD I assume. Yes; your scanner is available on the network via a FreeBSD-Machine. Windoof cant handle it, so i use FreeBSD for remote scanning. (the computer with the scanner is just a server, not a workstation;)) > > > edit them with Photoshop > > In Windblows? > Or Gimp in FreeBSD? Windoof; Gimp has a lot features less than Adobe, e.g free-rotate. > > > and process them with a latex2pdf script > > Again, in FreeBSD, right? Yes. You can use MikTex on Windoof, but compiling is easier on FreeBSD, IMHO. > > > But the PDF's are really big, just as PS. > > so i have to send them again through the Adobe Destiller, to get small > > files. > > Distiller on Windoze? or is there a version for FreeBSD? Sorry, but Adobe Distiller Server is only available for Windoof: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrdis/systemreqs.html > > > non-Editing and just-Postsrcipting would be made on FreeBSD. > > But everything else..buy a MAC > > ;)) > > Yeah, I guess it comes down to use the right tool for the job. I'd like > to be able to use FreeBSD for this job if possible, otherwise I'll just > stick with NT for this work, and use FreeBSD for other work. Don't create monocultures ;) You _can_ use FreeBSD, remote scanning , TeXing, but this could also be done by Windoof. But IMHO: never change a running system ;) Use NT for this job and FreeBSD for real work :)) -- Georg Auernhammer Benutzerberater RUS, Admin Institut für Geophysik FTP-Admin, Mirror, W2k-Pool, W-LAN, ICafe Georg.Auernhammer@rus.uni-stuttgart.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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