no simple way to print a QTextDocument in KDE(?)

[Thomas Zander]

On Saturday 28 July 2007 00:54:43 Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> On 26 July 2007 06:04, Thomas Zander wrote:
> > On Thursday 26 July 2007 04:06:53 Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> > > Why not simply printing to a PostScript stream (in memory or on
> > > disk) using QPrinter then sending *that* to KPrinter?
> >
> > The biggest problem with kprinter right now is that it doesn't work
> > well with PDF.  And postscript only supports a subset of features
> > from PDF.
>
> Well, to be honest, I fail to see how that is

* PDF supports transparency, postscript does not. Try printing a png with 
alpha-transparency or in trunk a shape with a color set that is 
semi-transparent and you quickly note that we should be able to print to 
PDF from the get-go. (hint; we loose all fidelity if we go via 
postscript)

* When I print to PDF in kprinter (exactly like I would in a qprinter) it 
doesn't work; I get the following dialog:  (zipped jpeg)
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-release-team&m=118528280810342&q=p3

> Code is always welcomed.
I tried to understand the kdeprint code, but its not up my alley, sorry.

-- 
Thomas Zander
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