[xep-support] Re: Problem with images embedded in Postscript docs

Thanks a lot for looking into this.  I wasn't aware of the size and transparency limitations in Postscript.  Ah, I see now that the transparency constraint is in fact mentionned in the XEP User Guide, I should have suspected that.
As for the %3D in base64 I'm not sure it's the cuplrit.  For one thing I think it is legit, it is simply an = sign (which is padding in base64), %-encoded as is perfectly valid in ULRs, which is what we have here.  Also I get totally identical results (no error, image displays fine in GSView, but not in PDF distilled from Postscript) with or without this %3D.  But perhaps the issue here is in the distilling, not RenderX, as you hinted earlier.
Regards,
-- François
Le 2018-09-07 à 18:09, Kevin Brown a écrit :> So for your three images:>> PNG: The image is 99 inches tall @ 120dpi, being scaled down and Postscript cannot handle it. This image in PS looked like most of the lines in the text are missing (as one would expect). Zooming in to 600 percent and it looks fine.> PNG: The image is a transparent PNG which is not supported in Postscript (and it comes out with black boxes because of this).> JPG: Has bad base64 data which included %3D at the end, removing that and it formats correctly at the same size in both PS and PDF.>> Kevin Brown> RenderX>> -----Original Message-----> From: François Yergeau [mailto:francois@xcential.com]> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2018 2:10 PM> To: kevin@renderx.com> Subject: Re: [xep-support] Re: Problem with images embedded in Postscript docs>> Le 2018-09-07 à 16:43, Kevin Brown a écrit :>> Can you send me directly the same ZIP file please ...>> kevin@renderx.com>>>> Also, is it ALL images or only some?> It varies ;-) In the distilled P
DF all 3 images come out wrong, but 2 distinct ways. In GSView, 2 out of 3 are OK, but the 3rd is wrong in yet another way (mostly black).>> --> François>>> Kevin>>>> -----Original Message----->> From: François Yergeau [mailto:francois@xcential.com]>> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2018 7:19 AM>> To: kevin@renderx.com; RenderX Community Support List>> <xep-support@renderx.com>>> Subject: Re: [xep-support] Re: Problem with images embedded in>> Postscript docs>>>> Le 2018-09-06 à 21:23, Kevin Brown a écrit :>>> You should post a sample source to support@renderx.com with the images.>>> Maybe zip and also post the Postscript itself.>> Done.>>>>>>> Also, you say distilled to PDF for viewing ... what about viewing in Postscript like gsview?>>> Maybe the issue is in distilling and has nothing to do with RenderX.>> Good point. I just tried GSView, the results are different but still not OK (whereas they are with PS obtained by exporting from the PDF in Acrobat). I've also asked our customer what happens when the
y actually print it, which is the ultimate goal.>>>> Regards,>>>> -->> François>>>>> Kevin>>>>>> -----Original Message----->>> From: Xep-support [mailto:xep-support-bounces@renderx.com] On Behalf>>> Of François Yergeau>>> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2018 4:13 PM>>> To: xep-support@renderx.com>>> Subject: [xep-support] Problem with images embedded in Postscript>>> docs>>>>>> Hello all,>>>>>> We create Postscript and PDF documents from the same FO using XEP (4.21 if that matters, soon to be updated). Recently we have started embedding images in our docs, and the following problem has shown up:>>> the images show up fine in the PDFs, but are defective in the Postscript versions, created in the same run with the exact same FO.>>>>>> The images are PNG and JPEG and are embedded using>>> <fo:external-graphic>. In the XEP-generated Postscript (distilled to>>> PDF for viewing), some images come out as if grossly magnified>>> (enormous>>> pixels) but cropped to their normal sizes. Another one appears almost nor
mal, but somehow blurred as if seen through a mesh.>>>>>> As an experiment, I loaded a XEP-generated PDF in Acrobat and exported it to Postscript. Re-distilling that doc to PDF for viewing, the images were all correct! Obviously the FO has all it takes to generate a correct rendering, but somehow XEP doesn't mange when going direct to Postscript, but does perfectly well to PDF.>>>>>> Any hint as to what causes that and how to fix it would be very welcome.>>>>>> -->>> François Yergeau>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________>>> (*) To unsubscribe, please visit>>> http://lists.renderx.com/mailman/options/xep-support>>> (*) By using the Service, you expressly agree to these Terms of>>> Service http://w ww.renderx.com/terms-of-service.html>>>>>> _______________________________________________>>> (*) To unsubscribe, please visit>>> http://lists.renderx.com/mailman/options/xep-support>>> (*) By using the Service, you expressly agree to these Terms of>>> Service http://w ww.renderx.com/terms-of-s
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