On Sun, June 22, 2008 7:23 pm, Mike Schleif wrote: > * Jenda Krynicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008:06:23:02:26:17+0200] scribed: > >> Date sent: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:41:27 -0500 >> From: Mike Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: perl-win32-users mailing list <perl-win32- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: module to convert text to tiff >> ??? >> >> >>> I'm searching cpan; but, I do not find what we need. >>> >>> >>> We want to convert text documents to tiff format. >>> >>> >>> What do you think? >>> >> >> Convert text documents to an image? Erm? What kind of documents? What >> do you mean by the conversion? If you wanted to convert between different >> image formats it would be clear, but what does it mean to convert a text >> document to an image? > > This project is part of a large workflow process. > > > > There is a document management software that OCR's incoming documents. > > > We take the OCR'd plain text, parse it into a fields/values hash, > compare sku's/prices to a database, rearrange the fields/values into a > normalized format, and pass a tif image of the resulting document back to > the document management software for search/archival purposes. > > > cpan lists many modules for converting graphics formats to tiff. > > Google shows several proprietary/pay binary text to tiff conversion > tools. > > > I am hoping to do this entirely in Perl. >
You actually need to print your document with a TIFF print driver. You can try Ghostscript which has a Postscript driver and then convert to TIFF. This URL goes through the process: http://server3.nethost.co.il/set_tif.html Ghostscript: http://www.ghostscript.com/awki HTH, Christopher Taranto _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
