Re: Flash is open?
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 06:16:11PM +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman uttered:
> Op 15-05-10 14:43, Steve Fishpaste schreef:
> > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 01:08:43AM +0200, Michelle Konzack uttered:
> >> Hello Steve Fishpaste,
> >>
> >> Am 2010-05-14 18:48:21, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
> >>> There are some printers that use GNU/FLOSS to you know. 8) Got to be
> >>> careful being so inclusive. There are many uses for PDFs other than
> >>> for archival purposes. Printers for example take PDFs and often need to 'edit'
> >>> them. That's where the original idea to have a PDF editor originated.
> >>
> >> For WHAT reason a printer need to EDIT a PDF?
> >
> > To edit it of course! That's why many printers have prepress departments.
> > PDFs were originally used in the publishing world exclusively....
> I think there confusion between printers (the machines) and the people
> that operate printers. The machines do not need pdf-editing
> capabilities, the people operating the printers for you might.
I'm referring of course to such places/individuals as offset printing,
lithography, the graphic arts; all industries which have traditionally
used PDFs heavily before most people ever heard of the technology.
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