PDF Writer 2.0b1
6/27/2003

is now part of the print_kit of the OBOS (OpenBeOS) project.
http://open-beos.sourceforge.net

Developers
  Name              Email address                Native language
  Phillipe Houdoin  <philippe.houdoin@free.fr>   French
  Michael Pfeiffer  <michael.pfeiffer@utanet.at> German
Former developer:
  Simon Gauvin      <gauvins@cs.dal.ca>          French/English

Installation

1. Expand the zip file somewhere
2. Open the newly created folder
3. Run the Install script to install the driver

These steps are needed only if you don't have already set up a PDF Writer spooler:

4. Open the Printers preference panel
5. Click Add button
6. Choose local printer (Network printing is untested, feedback welcome!)
7. Type a name for your new PDF Writer spooler
8. Select PDF Writer as kind
9. Select port to output PDF (Print to file to generate PDF files)
10. Click Add button
11. Click Ok button
12. Enjoy!


Changes

Read the "CHANGES" file for the most recent changes.


Known Bugs/Limitations

- Limited alpha transparency support only (bitmap/pattern only)
- Not all drawing modes supported
- No security settings support.
- Clipping to inverse BPicture not supported

Note
- BePDF until version 0.9.4 does not take the alpha channel of transparent bitmaps or patterns into account;
  Acrobat Reader shows them properly!


Contact

Either one of the developers or post to the print_kit mailing list
open-beos-printing@freelists.org (preferred)
Before any post, you'll need to subscribe it:
http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=open-beos-printing


Links

Latest PDF Writer release
http://www.bebits.com/app/2494

CVS 
https://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=33869

CVS Browser
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/open-beos/current/src/add-ons/print/drivers/pdf

 