OOo - Not happy with pdf import - Lucid

Sometimes, and always when scanning to pdf with XSane, OOo 3.2 does not import the pdf - error message 'General io input/output error'.
Googling this I tried two things without success:-
1. Replaced the dialog.xlc and script.xlc files in ~/.openoffice.org/3/user/basic
2. Outputted the pdf(s) using pdftk and then trying to import them with OOo Draw.

I also saw somewhere that the pdf import plugin has problems with pdf files that are not linearized, I am not sure what this means though.

Can anyone confirm this ? Just scribble something on a piece of paper scan it and try to import it with OOo Draw.

 

Are you using the latest plugin or from repos?

 

From repos. Should I try 1.01 which I think is the latest ? Did you have the same error with 1.0 ? Thanks.

(off topic... I could have sworn that there were one or two posts by one 'windowsforall' this morning. can't see them now .. )

 

Ocky, I always use latest when it comes to OO plugins, haven't seen this error yet.

 

OK installed 1.01 - a small improvement, but pdf's scanned with XSane still don't get imported. Non XSane scanned pdf's are OK. However in some cases the text is messed up.



Do you have any ideas on why ? I don't have the microsoft core fonts installed btw. The download page said 'Native' pdf's are not supported. Can you tell me what that means plse. ?

 

The PDF plugin is actually tricky, it uses draw to render the PDF and therefore you might run into issues. Have you tried out gscan to pdf btw?

 

No I haven't. I have no problems scanning to pdf and am very pleased with XSane's results.
However sometimes I need to edit pdf's, correcting figures, comments etc. and for that I use OOo Draw - so it's a pity that the stuff I scan doesn't get imported for some reason. The stuff I don't scan does get imported.

 

Hi Ocky,

You may already have done so, but if not ...

Why don't you ask around in here:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/

 

Are you talking about the "openoffice.org-pdfimport" plugin that is in the repos?

 

Yes, that one. I have replaced it with a newer version which is better. The interesting thing is that if I scan someting with XSane to pdf and open/import it to OOo Draw there is an input/output error. However with this newer plugin (1.01) if I output the scanned pdf using pdftk, (eg. pdftk test.pdf output test2.pdf), OOo Draw has no problem importing it ready for editing. So there is a workaround for me for pdf's scanned with XSane. As mentioned before non XSane scanned pdf's are imported OK 95% of the time.

PS. Definitely an XSane matter. Have tried with Simple Scan and have none of the abovementioned problems. So, all is well once again and I have the choice of 2 image scanner programs.