RE: [PHP] saving images into pdf file using PDFlib

From: Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:00:20 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] saving images into pdf file using PDFlib
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Yes, it looks like that's the problem (print pixels vs. view pixels). i've found out that PDFlib is importing images as 72dpi images no matter if they really are 72dpi or not :( so now my images are about 4-times smaller as they should be. any suggestions ? : Regards Jan On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 13:48, Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > im saving image into pdf with: > > $image = pdf_load_image($p, 'jpeg', $picture_path, ""); > pdf_fit_image($p, $image, $x_im, $y_im, ""); > pdf_close_image($p, $image); > > image is 150px x 100px but in genereted pdf file it looks much smaller. > im viewing mentioned pdf file with 100% view ratio. > > i've tried it with several other images and im getting same result. > > any idea what's wrong ? > [/snip] > > It is probably because of differences between print pixels (PDF) and > view pixels (monitor). Create a 150 x 100 image file. Open the PDF and > place the image file next to the image in the PDF. You will see > differences. another thing to note is that you are viewing the PDF at a > certain screen resolution which may not be the same resolution that your > users will be viewing the PDF.

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