OT: pdf2ps conversion problems.

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> I'm looking to generate faxes with Hylafax from PDF files created under
> Windows, extracting the fax number from the file.
> 
> I've done similar things in the past by simply declaring a Windows printer
> generating generic PostScript(tm) (often using an early Apple driver), with
> the printer accessed via Samba.  My printer interface script for that
> printer would then parse the PostScript after removing the Microsoft non-
> standard PS cruft.
> 
> I figured I could convert the pdf to ps using the Ghostcript pdf2ps,
> program, but that generates multiple warnings, ``Embedded symbolic TT fonts
> must contain a cmap for Platform Encoding=0.''
> 
> The resulting ps file has no text.
> 
> This is on a SuSE Linux Enterprise 10 system with ghostscript-8.51.

I'm -no- expert, but I've been working quite a bit with PDF
lately...actually, I'm finishing the OneGate 4.1 docs right now using
NitroPDF.  :)

What I -believe- this means is that when fonts were embedded, someone
chose to encode them as Type 0.  I have no idea what exactly that means in
PDF parlance, but because I've seen that option in PDF authoring tools, I
believe you're going to be unable to fix the problem on the interpretation
side because it's more than likely due to how it was encoded.

If someone knows more, they're welcome to correct me or add to it, but
that's what little I have here.  Maybe search Google for Type 0 font PDF?

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