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poppler package

  1. Bug #1476705
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 1476705

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bruno (brunob) wrote : Re: postscript printer hideously slow in some cases (pdftops)

Thank you Till to point me this command (and the documentation).

It appears that pdftocairo default is 600, but pdftops default is bigger. This seems to be the reason why I gain so much when I swtich to pdftocairo. Now, if I choose pdftops-max-image-resolution-default=300 (with ProRes 1200 option), I have the best intensity/quality output and an acceptable speed. With these settings, pdftops and pdftocairo have much less difference in output file size, even if pdftocairo is still a bit better (gs in between, but slower in reality).

May I suggest to revise pdftops-max-image-resolution-default, particulary if pdftops is retained as the default renderer.

Even if README file of cups-filters considers pdftocairo as "experimental", I will work with this for a while and time will tell. If necessary, I will return to pdftops or maybe try acroread.

Thank you all.