everyday multimedia not supported...

[Evan Monroig]

On Apr 8, 2005 5:09 AM, Vincent Trouilliez
<vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:
> > Have you looked at pdfimages? No gui tool, but it works quite nicely
> > to extract images (jpg, ppm) from pdf files.
> >
> > # pdfimages <pdffile> <image-root>
> >
> > Then pick the one you want with your favorite image browser.
> 
> Ah, so the functionality is already there then ! Good. :-)
> Now they just need integrate it in xpdf/gpdf so that we can just select
> images or text with the mouse and copy/paste it...
> That would go a long way towards making it a viable alternative to
> Acrobat.
> 
> The other thing that it lack from Acrobat, is a better featured printing
> facility. FOr example you cant print on both sides (even/odd pages), and
> you can't print several pages on one page. These two feature are
> vital/mandatory for me whenever I want to print a big PDF
> manual/datasheet on the laser printer, to make the printed manual as
> compact as possible, and save on printing/paper costs and print time.

This is strange, because I managed to print on both sides with gpdf,
and I have seen options to print several pages on one (but not tried
it yet). Maybe it depends on the printer? Or that I am on Hoary :) ?

Evan