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schwa

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Registered: 2009-10-07

Posts: 18

[SOLVED] Print pdf selections

Is there a way to print a fit-to-page subselection of a pdf-file without resorting to the 32bit Adobe Reader's snapshot tool?
I already tried it with Okular, but when I used its snapshot tool, it only lets me save a jpg/png which has lower resolution since it isn't vector format any more.

Last edited by schwa (2009-11-07 20:57:26)

thisoldman

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 1,172

Re: [SOLVED] Print pdf selections

I'm not sure what you are attempting, but both gimp and inkscape will import pages of pdf files.

schwa

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Registered: 2009-10-07

Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED] Print pdf selections

I'm trying to print part of a pdf file page to a full physical paper page.
E.g. if there's a pdf with two pages on one, I want to print both halves on their own full page.
Thanks for your suggestions. I tried both, here's what happened:
GIMP: Imports my pdf nicely, but I have to specify a higher import resolution than the default one, so fonts are not blurry when printed.
Inkscape: Seems better in that it keeps text in vector format (don't know whether that's the correct term), but unfortunately gave me some 'internal error' when I tried it on the file I originally wanted to import and quit. It did work on a couple of other pdfs I tried it out on, though.

Last edited by schwa (2009-11-07 20:52:11)