Brain not as fried -- Where to find code examples of PostScript and Distilling?

[eramgarden@adobeforums.com]

Aandi gave me this idea about converting TIFF to PDF. I used [url]www.rarefind.com[/url] product with my .Net code and I can convert TIFF to PDF now.

BUT, i want to do Aandi told me below. I'm coding in VB.Net. I want to take a TIFF, convert to PDF and add a text to the bottom of it.

Question: where can I find examples of PostScript and Distilling. I did a search online and all I get is description of them... Any websites/books/examples to get me going would be great..
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Type 3. Print to PDF. This takes advantage of the fact that most
programs these days can print in a graphical environment; for Windows
programs that means print to a Windows printer driver. So, any file
can be converted to PDF, PROVIDED you can control the process by which
it is printed. Full automation can be trickier, because PDF printer
drivers will often prompt by default. Printing to PDF is often
internally a two stage process of printing to PostScript, then
converting PostScript to PDF ("Distilling"). All versions of Acrobat
include one or two PDF printer drivers.

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

If you really want to learn PostScript (and I'm not sure that's either
relevant or helpful in this case, but it is interesting), search
Amazon for "PostScript Language Reference".

Aandi Inston

[eramgarden@adobeforums.com]

Hmm..." I'm not sure that's either relevant or helpful in this case"... From what I understood from your suggestion earlier..o convert Tiff to PDF..i first need to do postScript , then Distilling...is this correct?

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

There are many TIFF to PostScript converters already. While it's an
interesting project, I would recommend starting with that. However,
you are right: if you want to go down this path, rather than - for
example - use PDFLib - you will need to learn PostScript.

Aandi Inston

[eramgarden@adobeforums.com]

Ah, now suppose I use a product to convert Tiff to PostScript...

Next step is to get this postscript and do distilling..right?

1. what product converts Tiff to PostSCript?

2. So, suppose i use this product and convert my Tiff to PostScript( the hard part is done )...now how can I convert this postcript to PDF in my .net using Distilling? any sample code/website/book for this?

Am I on the wrong track completely?

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

>Ah, now suppose I use a product to convert Tiff to PostScript...

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>Next step is to get this postscript and do distilling..right?

No, your next step would be to add something to the PostScript for the
required text. Then you convert PostScript to PDF.

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>1. what product converts Tiff to PostSCript?

Try a web search.

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>2. So, suppose i use this product and convert my Tiff to PostScript( the hard part is done )...now how can I convert this postcript to PDF in my .net using Distilling?

Is this for a web server, or an intranet server, or something else?
Licensing now becomes an issue.

Why did you reject PDFLib?

Aandi Inston

[Brad_Kamps@adobeforums.com]

I have some code in VB6 that converts .ps files to .pdf which could come in handy. If you have a program that you are using to open the TIF files, there is probably an easy way to print it to pdf from there. I have easy code in VB6 to change Excel and Word and Crystal into PDF. I just haven't worked with TIFF yet.