With CUPS, lpr will convert most formats to the printer format, so you can just use:
lpr file.pdf About printers being pcl: usually the lpr program is configured to convert postscript input files to whatever the printer uses, that's why 'pdf2ps file.pdf - | lpr' should always work ok, if the printer is configured correctly. Haggai On 07 Dec 2004 13:19:55 +0000, Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > softkol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Oleg thanks, but I forgot to mention only one little insignificant > > fact: All my printers are PCL. > > > > So you suggestion will not work. > > Will not work or does not work? > > I will not pretend that I am an expert on printing. Can you explain > why this won't work? If your printer works, and if you can print on it > with lpr, then what is the problem? The idiosyncrasies of your printer > should be handled and the driver level, and the command line should > still work. > > > > -- > Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Haggai Eran ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
