Html to postscript

hey there,
i have an app that uses JEditorPane to view a html page. Now i want to print that html file viewed, but by printer can't print the TEXT_HTML flavour. It can like nearly any printer the POSTSCRIPT format. Now i want to convert my html file to the postscript format. does anybody know how to do that in java? Is there an api for that available? Any other suggestions?
I'm using the javax.print api to do the job. below is the sourcecode.
THANKS in advance!
Angry Angel
====================================================================================
try
String htmlFilePath = "/usr/home/twerner/test.html";
FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(htmlFilePath);
DocFlavor docType = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.TEXT_HTML_HOST;
Doc htmlDoc = new SimpleDoc(in,docType,null);
PrintService printService = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
DocPrintJob printJob = printService.createPrintJob();
printJob.print(htmlDoc, null);
catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();}

If your HTML is really XHTML, you can always use XSL-FO to convert your document to a PDF using Jakarta's FOP.
The bad news for you is that the Java print API won't handle PDFs, either:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-mer0322/
Note the last paragraph.

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image/gif                              application/vnd.cups-postscript          66          imagetops
image/png                              application/vnd.cups-postscript          66          imagetops
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# "$Id: mime.convs 5402 2006-04-14 19:21:03Z mike $"
# MIME converts file for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
# Copyright 1997-2005 by Easy Software Products.
# These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
# property of Easy Software Products and are protected by Federal
# copyright law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file
# "LICENSE.txt" which should have been included with this file. If this
# file is missing or damaged please contact Easy Software Products
# at:
# Attn: CUPS Licensing Information
# Easy Software Products
# 44141 Airport View Drive, Suite 204
# Hollywood, Maryland 20636 USA
# Voice: (301) 373-9600
# EMail: [email protected]
# WWW: http://www.cups.org
# Format of Lines:
# source/type destination/type cost filter
# General Notes:
# The "cost" field is used to find the least costly filters to run
# when converting a job file to a printable format.
# All filters *must* accept the standard command-line arguments
# (job-id, user, title, copies, options, [filename or stdin]) to
# work with CUPS.
# PostScript filters
application/pdf application/postscript 33 pdftops
application/postscript application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 pstops
application/vnd.hp-HPGL application/postscript 66 hpgltops
application/x-cshell application/postscript 33 texttops
application/x-csource application/postscript 33 texttops
application/x-perl application/postscript 33 texttops
application/x-shell application/postscript 33 texttops
text/plain application/postscript 33 texttops
text/html application/postscript 33 texttops
image/gif application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
image/png application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
image/jpeg application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
image/tiff application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
image/x-bitmap application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
image/x-photocd application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
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image/x-portable-graymap application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
image/x-portable-pixmap application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
image/x-sgi-rgb application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
image/x-xbitmap application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
image/x-xpixmap application/vnd.cups-postscript 66 imagetops
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image/jpeg application/vnd.cups-raster 100 imagetoraster
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image/x-bitmap application/vnd.cups-raster 100 imagetoraster
image/x-photocd application/vnd.cups-raster 100 imagetoraster
image/x-portable-anymap application/vnd.cups-raster 100 imagetoraster
image/x-portable-bitmap application/vnd.cups-raster 100 imagetoraster
image/x-portable-graymap application/vnd.cups-raster 100 imagetoraster
image/x-portable-pixmap application/vnd.cups-raster 100 imagetoraster
image/x-sgi-rgb application/vnd.cups-raster 100 imagetoraster
image/x-xbitmap application/vnd.cups-raster 100 imagetoraster
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application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
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# MIME types file for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS).
# Copyright 1997-2005 by Easy Software Products.
# These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
# property of Easy Software Products and are protected by Federal
# copyright law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file
# "LICENSE.txt" which should have been included with this file. If this
# file is missing or damaged please contact Easy Software Products
# at:
# Attn: CUPS Licensing Information
# Easy Software Products
# 44141 Airport View Drive, Suite 204
# Hollywood, Maryland 20636 USA
# Voice: (301) 373-9600
# EMail: [email protected]
# WWW: http://www.cups.org
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# + Logical AND
# , or whitespace Logical OR
# ! Logical NOT
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# (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126)
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# (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126, 128-254)
# string(offset,"string") True if bytes are identical to string
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# short(offset,value) True if 16-bit integer is identical
# int(offset,value) True if 32-bit integer is identical
# locale("string") True if current locale matches string
# contains(offset,range,"string") True if the range contains the string
# General Notes:
# MIME type names are case-insensitive. Internally they are converted
# to lowercase. Multiple occurrences of a type will cause the provided
# rules to be appended to the existing definition. Type names are sorted
# in ascending order, so if two types use the same rules to resolve a type
# (e.g. doc extension for two types), the returned type will be the first
# type in the sorted list.
# The "printable" rule differs from the "ascii" rule in that it also
# accepts 8-bit characters in the range 128-255.
# String constants must be surrounded by "" if they contain whitespace.
# To insert binary data into a string, use the <hex> notation.
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#application/msword doc string(0,<D0CF11E0A1B11AE1>)
application/pdf pdf string(0,%PDF)
application/postscript ai eps ps string(0,%!) string(0,<04>%!)
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application/vnd.hp-HPGL hpgl string(0,<1B>&)
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image/gif gif string(0,GIF87a) string(0,GIF89a)
image/png png string(0,<89>PNG)
image/jpeg jpeg jpg jpe string(0,<FFD8FF>) &&
(char(3,0xe0) char(3,0xe1) char(3,0xe2) char(3,0xe3)
   char(3,0xe4) char(3,0xe5) char(3,0xe6) char(3,0xe7)
   char(3,0xe8) char(3,0xe9) char(3,0xea) char(3,0xeb)
   char(3,0xec) char(3,0xed) char(3,0xee) char(3,0xef))
image/tiff tiff tif string(0,MM) string(0,II)
image/x-photocd pcd string(2048,PCD_IPI)
image/x-portable-anymap pnm
image/x-portable-bitmap pbm string(0,P1) string(0,P4)
image/x-portable-graymap pgm string(0,P2) string(0,P5)
image/x-portable-pixmap ppm string(0,P3) string(0,P6)
image/x-sgi-rgb rgb sgi bw icon short(0,474)
image/x-xbitmap xbm
image/x-xpixmap xpm ascii(0,1024) + string(3,"XPM")
#image/x-xwindowdump xwd string(4,<00000007>)
image/x-sun-raster ras string(0,<59a66a95>)
#image/fpx fpx
image/x-alias pix short(8,8) short(8,24)
image/x-bitmap bmp string(0,BM) && !printable(2,14)
image/x-icon ico
# Text files...
application/x-cshell csh printable(0,1024) + string(0,#!) +
(contains(2,80,/csh) contains(2,80,/tcsh))
application/x-perl pl printable(0,1024) + string(0,#!) +
contains(2,80,/perl)
application/x-shell sh printable(0,1024) + string(0,#!) +
(contains(2,80,/bash) contains(2,80,/ksh)
   contains(2,80,/sh) contains(2,80,/zsh))
application/x-csource c cxx cpp cc C h hpp
printable(0,1024) +
(string(0,/*) string(0,//)
   string(0,#include) contains(0,1024,<0a>#include)
   string(0,#define) contains(0,1024,<0a>#define))
text/html html htm printable(0,1024) +
(istring(0,"<HTML>") istring(0,"<!DOCTYPE"))
text/plain txt printable(0,1024)
text/css css
# CUPS-specific types...
application/vnd.cups-command string(0,'#CUPS-COMMAND')
application/vnd.cups-form string(0,"<CUPSFORM>")
application/vnd.cups-pdf
application/vnd.cups-postscript
application/vnd.cups-ppd ppd string(0,"*PPD-Adobe:")
application/vnd.cups-raster string(0,"RaSt") string(0,"tSaR")
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string(0,<1B>@)
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# Raw print file support...
# Comment the following type to prevent raw file printing.
application/octet-stream
# End of "$Id: mime.types 6003 2006-10-02 16:26:04Z mike $".

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Distiller v.8.1.0 erroneously execute i/o-operations in PostScript programms (WinXP SP3 & Win2K3 RC1 SP2 platform).
Execution of the PS-code, contained file i/o operaions (see
i PLRM 3rd edition
, pp.73-87)
c %*************************** PS-File *********************************
c (c:\\temp\\File1.txt) (w) file closefile % Open file for write and close it
c %*********************************************************************
(or others file write ops.) produce invalidfileaccess error:
b =============== Distiller LOG =====================
> %%[ Error: invalidfileaccess; OffendingCommand: file ]%%
> Stack:
> (w)
> (c:\\temp\\file1.txt)
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
b ==================================================
Execution of the file read operations (file exist!)
c %*************************** PS-File *********************************
c (c:\\temp\\File2.txt) (r) file closefile % Open existing file for reading
c %*********************************************************************
or
c %*************************** PS-File *********************************
c (c:\\temp\\File2.ps) run % execute existing PS-program
c %*********************************************************************
produce undefinedfilename error:
b =============== Distiller LOG =====================
> %%[ Error: undefinedfilename; OffendingCommand: file ]%%
> Stack:
> (r)
> (c:\\temp\\file2.txt)
>
>
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
b ==================================================
b =============== Distiller LOG =====================
> %%[ Error: undefinedfilename; OffendingCommand: run ]%%
> Stack:
> (r)
> (c:\\temp\\file2.ps)
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> %%[ Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced. ] %%
b ==================================================
It doesn't matter, in what folder operation is carried out system %TEMP% or User %TEMP% (not in %HOMEPATCH%!) file i/o
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With mentioned [in KB http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/downloads/Acrobat_SDK_readme.html ] command line switch «-F» all works correctly.
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For me has surprised that in 8 Acrobat'е all it has suddenly ceased to work, though in early versions and ghostScript all is fulfilled correctly. I have assumed that obviously developers had been limited possibility of data write/reading a disk and, most likely by a TEMP-folder. However even in the TEMP-folders setted by means of a variable %TEMP% of write operation at execute of PostScript-program by Distiller it was not possible to make. Also attempt to read/execute a file which is in a TEMP-folder was unsuccessfully completed also.
During search in the Internet I have found article specified above ( http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/downloads/Acrobat_SDK_readme.html ) in which it is underlined possibility by default operations of file I/O in a TEMP-folder, however impossibility it to make contrary specified in this article, have forced me to write to this forum so it is read by Acrobat developers.

PDF from postscript (ps2pdf) displays "Insufficient data for an image" error in Reader

Hello,
I'm not fully confident this is the best place for this, but I'll start here. Note that this is NOT the same as the issue that was recently fixed in Reader 11 (found at http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/insufficient-data-image.html)
I am using the command "ps2pdf" (using Ghostscript) to convert postscript files to PDF. To get better quality, I use the ps2pdf options "-dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode", which force lossless encoding for color images. However, there are images on certain pages that yield the error "Insufficient data for an image" when opened in Adobe Reader XI (current version), and the image on that page is not viewable (or rather, it can be viewed, but only until you get the whole image on the screen; then the image disappears). If the PDF is printed, the image will not print. The error also occurs in Acrobat 9.4.0, and possibly other versions. However, Reader 8 displays the files with no issues. Also, Foxit reader displays the PDF files fine.
The postscript files are screenshots generated by the user dragging a box to define the area of the screen to be printed to file. This issue only occurs for some size boxes that the user draws; others come out fine and are read by Reader just fine.
This only happens when using FlateEncode; using lossy JPEG compression (e.g. the default ps2pdf output) does not yield files that produce the error.
Here are some example files to demonstrate the issue (hey, maybe the issue is not even reproducible for other people! That would be helpful to know if true, so even if you can't help solve the problem, if you could verify whether this issue occurs when you open one of these files in Reader or Acrobat, it would awesome).
bad pdf where error occurs: http://www.mediafire.com/file/zbk36yfy7vrhvhw/gmbad.pdf
good pdf (very similar, but slightly different box drawn): http://www.mediafire.com/file/649fuxul0td5bsx/gmgood.pdf
Merged good and bad: http://www.mediafire.com/file/54nwwebh3da7p9w/good_and_bad.pdf
If anyone has any ideas on this issue, I would greatly appreciate it. Or if you think this isn't the right place for this, and perhaps know of a better place for my question, I'd appreciate that too. Thanks!
Additional possibly relevant information:
ps2pdf is being run using Ghostscript 8.15 on Unix Solaris 10. I also ran the same postscript files through ps2pdf (again using Ghostscript 8.15) on a Windows 7 machine, and the resulting PDFs did not exhibit the same errors when opened in Reader or Acrobat.
Adobe Reader 8 and 11, and Foxit were run on Windows 7. Acrobat 9.4.0 was run through a Citrix server, and I'm not sure what version of Windows it runs on.
I tried lots of different options in ps2pdf, and also tried running the postscript through ghostscript directly (using the "gs" command). Nothing was able to eliminate the error without resorting to using lossy JPEG compression.
I am now using lossy (but fairly high quality) JPEG compression in the workflow, accepting the loss in quality and (paradoxically) doubled filesize of the JPEG-compressed PDF files, so I'm really just pursuing this to figure out what the heck is going on, not because it is mission critical.
Postscript files used to create the above pdfs:
bad: http://www.mediafire.com/file/v656dp45h2jeyj6/gmbad.ps
good: http://www.mediafire.com/file/47sn60dgbzbxrs6/gmgood.ps
The .ps files are very similar to each other, differing only in the image content and the image location/translation.
The postscript files give multiple warnings/errors when opened in gsview (this happens with all .ps files created by Pinnacle, not just the ones giving me issues).
The program that is used to create the postscript files is Philips (Adac) Pinnacle^3, a treatment planning system for radiation oncology.

Hi, thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Our application uses scanned images up to 10 years old, and there are thousands of images so we cannot rescan these unfortunately.
I work in a large organisation with it's own desktop team so unfortunately I can't upgrade the version of Reader on our user's machines to see if this resolves either. The desktop team will also not upgrade the version as the problem appears to have only started in 9.5.2.
Does anyone know how I can confirm if the problem was first seen in 9.5.2 or if there were instances in 9.5.1 also?
Thanks again

Convert Pages document to PDF and maintain html links accurately

Hi - I am trying to convert a Pages document to pdf, simple right? go to Print / PDF / Save as pdf...
I have also tried Print / Save as Postscript and Print / Open in PDF
with the same results, which are...
Pages dutifully converts to pdf, but on some pages where I have multiple links the formatting position of the links is all over the place on the page, some links are conflated on the page so it says one thing 'www.bbc.co.uk' for example but when you click that link it links to 'www.cnn.com' instead because CNN is the link a little further on in the line, or in the line of text above, or whole sections of the page (half of one page) become a link!
I have checked the formatting positions and link lables over and over again in Pages and they are spot on, no confusion, no leaking in positional accuracy, it is only when converting to pdf or postscript
I have many html links in my document so it is vital that the exact position of the formatted links in Pages is converted accurately.
Any advice on
a) using Pages Print command accurately? or
b) third party apps (really dont want to go there)
that might convert more accurately?
many thanks

Thank you Roger!
I went back to 09 as suggested which identified the section in question as having a whole load of text that had become associated with one of the links - goodness knows how or why - but this wasn't apparent in the Pages 5 doc, nothing explicit signified that there was an issue with the formatting until converting to pdf
It took me a while to strip it all out without losing all the other formatting! but done now and converting beautifully to pdf with complete accuracy in terms of formatting positions of linked text...
I then reimported back into Pages 5 to see if I could make sense of it in the same way, long story short no chance, there is still background formatting in there, despite going through it line by line, character by character and removing all traces of any link through the 'right click' 'remove link' function - as soon as you convert to pdf lots of text becomes active again even though it is absolutely not visible in the Pages 5 doc
Clearly, despite a strong desire to continue in 5 from a being uptodate perspective, I shall stick to the 09 world and wait for Apple to sort things out.
If anyone from Apple is reading this, it has cost me approx 2 days of messing about to get to a point where I give up on 5 and return to 09. Please resolve as soon as possible!

FrameMaker 8.0p277 Crashes When Creating Postscript Files

We have an automated process that was internally created in FrameMaker 8.0p277 that takes a FrameMaker Book file that contains a large number of individual mutual fund files and breaks out each mutual fund into an individual file using the fund’s unique product code, removes sector tabs, and removes page numbers, then creates a postscript file. The user selects the functionality from a menu choice within an internally created “Marketing” menu on the FrameMaker menu bar. It is not functioning properly.
Instead it is generating error messages.
Adobe FrameMaker (Structured): FrameMaker.exe - Application Error:
The instruction at "0x00cc1940" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program.
and
Error:
Internal Error 8004, 6343116, 8 483344, 0. FrameMaker has detected a serious problem and must quit.
A file named "C:\Program Files\Adobe\FrameMaker8\FrameLog_11.10.17_07.52.51.txt" has been generated which contains information that may help Frame development improve the product for future release.
We have looked at the FrameLog_11.10.17_07.52.51.txt but it is not helping us diagnose the issue.
Can you help us determine what the problem is and how to resolve it?
Thanks for your help.

blgeorge,
you say: »It is not functioning properly.« Did it work before? What changed since then? What operating system are you using? If it is XP, have you ever installed the Microsoft printer driver hotfix?
<http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2008/07/hotfix_for_framemaker_1.html>
- Michael

Illustrator CS5 - Cannot make custom size when "printing" a PostScript file

Hi all,
I've recently picked up Illustrator CS5, and while this year's model sure is lovely, I'm having an issue when I save a file (or print) as a PostScript file. My aim is to convert the file to a PDF using Distiller and in the Print dialogue box, the PPD field in past versions says something along the lines of Adobe PDF 8.0. In CS5, I do not have the option to select that from the PPD drop down menu (Nor can I find the file to add to the list). Additionally, I can't make a 'custom sized pdf,' only preset paper sizes. I've had to resort to opening my files in CS3 to convert them to PostScript files. I forsee this becoming a problem once I start diving into some of Illustrator CS5's new features.
I get the feeling the program didn't install with an Adobe PDF plug-in and I can't seem to find a substitute online that isn't from 1999 (!). Is there a way to get that plug-in file that my copy of CS3 is using into my CS5?
I'm on a Mac by the way, version 10.6.

I feel your frustration!
I ran all updates and it did nothing because I was still on an older version of Acrobat. Once I installed Acrobat 9, restarted illustrator, I had all of the PDF options avaliable to me found in the link that fuzzydisco design provided me:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/509/cpsid_50981.html
Having Acrobat 9 seemed to be the essential missing component to me. If you do have Acrobat 9 already, and its not working, then thats a problem I don't know how to fix unfortunately!

What's the benefit of PostScript in saving file?

When we ⌘ + P (Command + P), on PDF button, there are several Options on saving file.
Save as PDF...
Save as PostScript... <--- What is this for? What benefit?
Fax PDF... <--- What is this anyway?
Mail PDF <--- What about this?
Save as PDF-X <---- Somebody please tell me what this is?
Save PDF to iPhoto
Save PDF to Web Receipts Folder

Save as PostScript... <--- What is this for? What benefit? </div>
http://bima.astro.umd.edu/wip/manual/node18.html
Fax PDF... <--- What is this anyway?</div>
Obviously to save a PDF of your file and fax it.
Mail PDF <--- What about this?</div>
To save a PDF and email it
Save as PDF-X <---- Somebody please tell me what this is?</div>
Why don't you just do a simple Google search and answer your question?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/X

Postscript fonts blocky on screen in Quark 5.0 / Classic

I have previously been using Quark 5.0 successfully in Panther, with fonts previewing fine on screen. I have now upgraded to Tiger 10.4.8 (and erased my hard drive) and the same fonts are now previewing very blocky on screen in Quark 5.0. What's changed? Lots of other fonts (I think the fonts that come with classic environment) are previewing correctly. Please help! i am desperate to get a job out...

I have previously been using Quark 5.0 successfully
in Panther, with fonts previewing fine on screen. I
have now upgraded to Tiger 10.4.8 (and erased my hard
drive)
never format the hard drive unless you have a complete backup of everything on that drive.
and the same fonts are now previewing very
blocky on screen in Quark 5.0. What's changed? Lots
of other fonts (I think the fonts that come with
classic environment) are previewing correctly. Please
help! i am desperate to get a job out...
You need ATM. From the sound of it, the System fonts (which are all TrueType) display properly while some fonts (probably PostScript Type 1) have the jaggies. Adobe Type Manager was designed specifically to fix that. It should be available at Adobe's site. <http://www.adobe.com/products/atmlight/index.html>

Report width in postscript-VERY URGENT

Hi guys,
I am making a report whose output has to be generated in postscript.In HTML format the output is fine but in postcript the report is cut off from the right side(WIDTH). Is there any workaround to solve the problem.Any help will be appreciated

Is it a Portrait or Landscape? The WIDTH param changes accordingly.

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