DocBook - db2pdf and db2ps problems

[Henning Hansen <hh@2m.dk>]

I'm a newcomer to Debian and Linux in general, and my current job is
limited to prepare documentation using docbook on Debian.

I do have some problems, and when I try to search information about
docbook, I end up with RedHat specific advice.

Are the following problems with db2pdf and db2ps due to my Debian
installation, and does anyone know what to do about it:


 - Graphics, especially for PDF output:

   I have been adviced to use the PNG graphics format, but my version of
   the docbook tools (probably jadetex) does not know .png.
   OK, I can do without PNG, but worse is that I cannot find a way to
   include graphics in PDF files at all. PDF is also not known as a
   graphics format, and other formats don't work.

 - Font problem, Postscript and PDF:

   I needed to include the 'µ' (micron) letter in my text, and this
   makes db2pdf and db2ps (dvips to be more exact) ask for a font file
   called lbmr.pfb. It's not there, and while the letter will be left
   out in the PDF output, the Postscript file contains no text at all
   because of this.

 - BeginPage tag:

   The <beginpage> tag does not seem to work at all, it's supposed to
   induce a pageshift in printed output.


I have seen no mention of these problems anywhere, so I wonder if it
works for everybody else, or am i the only person to actually prepare
documentation for printout using docbook on Debian?

If somebody can commment on the state of docbook on Debian in general
(not specific to my problems above), this will also be of interest.

Regards
-- 
Henning Hansen