Selecting an FO processor is a challenging task; there are many on
the market and each has a target use/market/environment in which it
shines. I think asking for recommendations and capabilities on this
list makes a lot of sense; I hope it helps you find a short list of
products to investigate further.
It will be easier for people (or vendors) to provide meaningful
answers if you clarify some of your requirements. For example, you
write:
1. High performance, large file size processing.
What do you mean by this? 100 pages per minute? 100,000 pages per minute.
Some people think 10 MB files are large. Others think 10 GB files are
large. Or do you mean 100 page documents? Or 1,000 or 10,000 page
documents?
2. Complex layouts with intensive graphics (inserted jpgs and generated
svg code)
Some people think two column pages with headers, footers, and tables
that span the two columns are complex. Others have pages with
hundreds of separately defined areas and dozens of page designs in a
publication.
4. Commercial print quality required
I recently received an advertisement for a printer who guaranteed
"professional quality 300 dpi two-color pages". Is this what you
want? If not, what do you mean?
At 2:51 PM -0500 8/30/07, Angela Williams wrote:
Requirements in a processor:
1. High performance, large file size processing.
2. Complex layouts with intensive graphics (inserted jpgs and generated
svg code)
3. Custom font support
4. Commercial print quality required
5. open source or commercial app - doesn't matter
6. 3 of 9 barcode support
7. May be launched from Java application or standalone
8. Not needed to generate FO - just to process
9. Must be able to output to PDF or Post Script
10. Supporting text-align=$string is a plus!
Are there any processors that support the entire xsl-fo spec? I'm
thinking not, but is there one that does a better job than others?
I would be surprised if there were any processors that support the
entire XSL-FO spec. I would be more surprised if you needed/wanted
all of the XSL-FO spec. For example, do you need a tool that supports
Aural Stylesheets? That is, a tool that supports rendering as audio?
Not if you are talking about PDF or Post Script.
-- Tommie
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