[Poppler-bugs] [Bug 34003] New: patch to add a pdftops -binary option for binary output

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34003

           Summary: patch to add a pdftops -binary option for binary
                    output
           Product: poppler
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: poppler-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: williambader at hotmail.com


Created an attachment (id=43042)
 --> (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=43042)
patch to add a pdftops -binary option for binary output

This patch adds a -binary option to pdftops to write binary PostScript with
-level1 and -level1sep.  By default, pdftops writes hex-encoded data in Level 1
PostScript.  Binary data is non-standard in Level 1 PostScript but reduces the
file size and can be useful when Level 1 PostScript is required only for its
restricted use of PostScript operators.
Some days I need to run as many as 1,000 PDFs through pdftops with -level1sep,
and this change has the potential to decrease the disk usage by 50%.  I need
Level 1 so that I can do software color separation, but my printers support
Level 3 and can handle binary data.

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