Actually, I meant that cups' lpr would run pdftops for you. It is still up to pdftops to do the translation to postscript, and then it is up to the configured printer filter to convert the postscript to the printer's format. You say this doesn't work, what exactly is the error? How is your system configured? What printer do you use?
On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 18:05:05 +0200, softkol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hagai, > Thanks but it just does not work. > > The pdf file I am trying to print is not just plain text , it has tt fonts > in Hebrew and GRAPHICS. > > Are you sure cups can handle it. > > > > > Best Regards, > > Israel Shikler > > Softkol Software Services > > Phone : 972-3-5348938 > Mobile : 972-52-8885100 > Fax : 972-3-5348967 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Haggai Eran > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 5:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: printing PDF from a command line on Linux > > 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] > -- 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]
