hi,
well as you are asking, you're printer probably doesn't support the pdf
format itself, so you need a filter to convert it to postscript for ex:
################begin filter script pdf###############################
#!/bin/sh
#set -x
#echo $* >> /tmp/pdf.log
# primitive filter that uses 'pdf2ps' to convert guess what
# pdf2ps doesn't read from the commandline therefore this is necessary
# we need a tempfile in the spooldirectory
# make sure that there is no old shit
# (working directory should be the spooldirectory)
if /usr/bin/test -e pdf.tmp
then
# if there is delete it
rm pdf.tmp
fi
# create a new tmp-file
touch pdf.tmp
# read from STDIN an write into the tmp-file
cat >> pdf.tmp
# call the pdf2ps converter binary to convert the tmp-file and write the
result to STDOUT
/usr/local/bin/pdf2ps pdf.tmp -
# delete the tmp-file
rm pdf.tmp
################end filter script pdf###############################
than you have to point the PDF format to your filter in the ifhp.conf
file, if you have a converting tool that reads from STDIN and wirtes to
STDOUT you don't even need the script, just the ifhp.conf entry:
file_output_match = [
*postscript* ps \%s{ps_converter}
*pcl* pcl \%s{pcl_converter}
*pjl* pjl \%s{pjl_converter}
*printer*job*language* pjl
*text* ps /usr/libexec/filters/ascii host=\%s{H} user=\%s{n}
filename=\%s{N} Z=\%s{Z} T=\%s{T}
*gzip_compressed* filter \%s{gzip_decompress}
*PDF* ps /usr/libexec/filters/pdf
]
regards
~Christoph
Javier Ferruz schrieb:
>
> I'd like use lpr to print pdf files. The printcap
> file local is
>
> lp
> :lp=:
> :rm=printers.mad.isoco.net
> :rp=hplj4l
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote
> :mx#0
> :sh
>
> and printcap file in the server host is
>
> lp|hplj4l|HP LaserJet 4L:
> :lp=hplj4050.mad.isoco.net%9100:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4050:\
> :lf=/var/log/lpd/hplj4050/log/log:\
> :af=/var/log/lpd/hplj4050/log/acct:\
> :as=|/usr/local/libexec/filters/accounting.pl start:\
> :ae=|/usr/local/libexec/filters/accounting.pl end:\
> :if=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\
> :of=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\
> :ifhp=default:\
> :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp:\
> :la:mx#0:tr=:cl:sh
>
> Can anybody help me???
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> --
> Javier Ferruz Rodr�guez
> IT Dept. @ iSOCO
>
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