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Fred Ma

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May 12, 2004, 3:53:11 PM5/12/04
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Hi,

I'm using xpdf-3.00 on solaris as well as xpdf-2.03 on Win2K.
For both, pdftops turns landscape pages into seascape. I'm
trying this on the PDF file at:
http://www.intellektik.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/~kipr/Lehre/2003WS/EidI/Folien/SLS.pdf

Can anyone check their build of xpdf on this?

Thanks.

Fred
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Helge Blischke

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May 13, 2004, 7:58:41 AM5/13/04
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Fred Ma wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using xpdf-3.00 on solaris as well as xpdf-2.03 on Win2K.
> For both, pdftops turns landscape pages into seascape. I'm
> trying this on the PDF file at:
> http://www.intellektik.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/~kipr/Lehre/2003WS/EidI/Folien/SLS.pdf
>
> Can anyone check their build of xpdf on this?
>
I think xpdf is OK. The pages of your PDF all contain the key
/Rotate 270
which in effect means a rotation of the pages of 90 degrees
counterclockwise.
As mentioned somewhere in Adobe's DSC spec (and specified in most PPDs
for PostScript
printers), landscape is defined as a rotation of plus 90 (i.e. 90
degrees clockwise).

Helge

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Fred Ma

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May 13, 2004, 6:14:24 PM5/13/04
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Helge Blischke wrote:
>
> > I'm using xpdf-3.00 on solaris as well as xpdf-2.03 on Win2K. For
> > both, pdftops turns landscape pages into seascape. I'm trying
> > this on the PDF file at:
> > http://www.intellektik.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/~kipr/Lehre/2003WS/EidI/Folien/SLS.pdf
> >
> > Can anyone check their build of xpdf on this?
>
> I think xpdf is OK. The pages of your PDF all contain the key
> /Rotate 270
> which in effect means a rotation of the pages of 90 degrees
> counterclockwise. As mentioned somewhere in Adobe's DSC spec (and
> specified in most PPDs for PostScript printers), landscape is
> defined as a rotation of plus 90 (i.e. 90 degrees clockwise).


That would explain alot. It seems that acrobat reader is smart enough
to figure this out and still present the pages with the right
orientation. Thanks, Helge.

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