On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:39:01 -0600, "Sam Fourman Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a freshly installed FreeBSD 8.2 print server using the latest > cups from ports. > > I have a Brother 9440CN printer and a Virtual pdf printer installed > with cups-pdf > > both work great... > > my problem is I want to create a pdf for everything I send to the > brother printer (for archival purposes) > > can I add multiple printers to a single queue? or is there a script > somewhere, that I could copy the cups generated postscript to the > cups-pdf printer?
If you're using standard /etc/printcap entries, it should be easy to write a simple filter that just does "| tee" for the regular printing input and branch a copy of it to the PDF printer which then stores the file, while the original PS stream will arrive at the actual printer filter. Sorry I can't be more CUPS-specific as I have abandoned this... "monster" many years ago. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
