Re: [hylafax-users] Converting files to PS

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jorge Saraceno - Alicom Argentina wrote:
> Pls, can anybody help me and tell me what can I use to convert the following
> files to PS?
>
> MS Word .doc
> MS Write .wri
> MS Excel .xls
> MS PowerPoint .ppt
> MS Publisher .pub
> Portable Document Format .pdf
> Lotus 123 .123/.wk4/.wk5
> Lotus Ami Pro .sam
> Lotus Freelance .pre/.prz
> PaperPort .max
> WinFax .fxr/.fxs/frd
> Jpeg .jpg
> Tiff .tif
> Paintbrush .pcx
> Bitmap .bmp
> HTML .htm

The best way is to get the user to convert them to Postscript 
themselves.  There is no guarantee that any other converter (even those 
programs themselves) on any other system will be able to reproduce the 
image exactly the way that the user intends.

For example, imagine that a user submits HTML that sources images from a 
password-protected website.  How will any external converting program be 
able to fetch those images?

That's just one example, but there are many similar kinds of things 
involving font availability, default page sizing, printer configuration, 
system settings, etc. that will all have a roll here.

If the user really wants the recipient to see the same thing that they 
intend them to see, then they need to do the conversion to Postscript 
themselves.  So instead of trying to do that conversion on the server do 
something to help the user do the conversion themselves.

Thanks,

Lee.


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