3 Jun
2005
3 Jun
'05
1:23 p.m.
From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 3:00 PM
der Mouse wrote:
See my previous message in response to Paul Koning. If you have to muck
with a
If you
have a "need" for extracting images from PDF than you are
missing the point of PDF. If you can view it and print it you have
no need to extract images from it.
That's a nice-sounding theory, but it is wrong.
You do not know better than I what I have need to do with PDFs. PDF then the PDF should never have been generated.
PDF is an END
format -- it
is assumed that the information and graphics are
perfect BEFORE creating
it.
If you have bad PDF files that you have a need to manipulate, blame the
person
who created the PDF, not the PDF format itself!
What *is* your need to extract images out of PDF?
--
Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org)
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Being a person to blame all of the PDF's I create are sloppy. I scan a
document and I post it. It is my hope that other who have or want to take
the time will clean them up and maybe OCR.
If anyone creates an improved copy I will replace mine with it (so far no
takers).
I do not care is there are extra dots, lines left by paper edges, punch
holes showing, pages slightly out of alignment, etc.
If it bothers anyone they are welcome to fix it to their liking and if they
wish return it to me.
My desire is to create a useful document that other can use, I believe that
sooner or later coputer technology will bring about an OCR program that will
work right and they will be cleaned up then.
I have gotten documents that I did want the text and have OCR'ed and proof
read. It can take days to do it right, it only takes a fraction of the time
to create a PDF that is "good nuff".
To lookup jumper settings I don't care if I can see a line that is the edge
of the paper.
Randy
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