This is the perlscript we use to print/mail PDF's. It uses ghostscript and perl MIME-tools to create and mail the PDF back to the user who printed the document. The printerdriver used is "QMS ColorScript 1000 Level 2".
The config looks like this:
[prtpdf]
comment = PDF mailer
path = /var/spool/samba
print command = /usr/local/bin/prtpdf.pl %u %s
browseable = yes
writeable = no
printable = yes
CU
René Nieuwenhuizen
Sysadmin
CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
PS. I've also attached a script to create and mail clipped EPS-files with preview. It must be used with nearly the same driver accept it must be Level 1 and the driver should output Encapsulated Postscript (Advanced Box somewhere...)
S. Ancelot heeft geschreven:
Hi,
Is it possible to set up a printer in samba
that will use ps2pdf converter to create pdf documents when printing on it ?
Best Regards
Steph
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use MIME::Entity;
my $username = shift() . '@cpb.nl';
my $psfile = shift;
my $GS = '/usr/local/bin/gs';
my $title = '';
open(PSFILE,$psfile);
while(<PSFILE>) {
s/\s+$//;
if (s/^%%Title:\s+//) {
$title = $_;
last;
}
}
close(PSFILE);
my $pdffile = "doc$$.pdf";
my $ps2pdfcmd = "$GS -dSAFER -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite
-sOutputFile=$pdffile -c .setpdfwrite -f $psfile";
system($ps2pdfcmd);
my $top = MIME::Entity->build(
From => "Samba Server <trash\@cpb.nl>",
To => $username,
Subject => "Uw document als PDF-bestand.",
Data => ["Uw document ($title) als PDF-bestand (zie attachment).\n\n",
"Your document ($title) as PDF-file (see attachment)."]
);
$top->attach( Path => $pdffile,
Type => "application/pdf",
Encoding=> "base64");
my $SENDMAIL = "/usr/lib/sendmail";
my $pid = open(SENDMAIL,"|-");
die "Can't fork: $!\n" unless defined $pid;
if ($pid) {
$top->print(\*SENDMAIL);
close SENDMAIL;
} else {
exec $SENDMAIL,'-f','[EMAIL PROTECTED]',$username;
die "Can't exec $SENDMAIL: $!\n";
}
unlink $pdffile;
unlink $psfile;
#!/usr/bin/perl
use MIME::Entity;
my $username = shift() . '@cpb.nl';
my $eps_filename = shift;
my $bbox_filename = "$eps_filename.$$.bbox";
my $tiff_filename = "$eps_filename.$$.tiff";
# DOS EPS Binary File Header
# Bytes Description
# 0-3 Must be hex C5D0D3C6 (byte 0=C5). (big-endian)
# 4-7 Byte position in file for start of PostScript language code section.
# 8-11 Byte length of PostScript language section.
# 12-15 Byte position in file for start of Metafile screen representation.
# 16-19 Byte length of Metafile section (PSize).
# 20-23 Byte position of TIFF representation.
# 24-27 Byte length of TIFF section.
# 28-29 Checksum of header (XOR of bytes 0-27). If Checksum is FFFF
# then ignore it.
#
# Since this is a DOS format all values should be little endian.
#
# It is assumed that either the Metafile or the TIFF position and length fields
# are zero. That is, only one or the other of these two formats is included in
# the EPS file.
my $DOS_EPS_BF_HEADER_FORMAT = 'NVVVVVVv';
my $DOS_EPS_BF_MAGIC = 0xc5d0d3c6;
my $GS = '/usr/local/bin/gs';
my($lower,$left,$upper,$right);
&purifyFile;
&adjustBoundingBox;
&addTiffPreview;
my $title = '';
open(BBOXFILE,$bbox_filename);
while(<BBOXFILE>) {
s/\s+$//;
if (s/^%%Title:\s+//) {
$title = $_;
last;
}
}
close(BBOXFILE);
my $top = MIME::Entity->build(
From => "Samba Server <trash\@cpb.nl>",
To => $username,
Subject => "Uw plaatje als EPS-bestand.",
Data => ["Uw plaatjes ($title) als EPS-bestand (zie attachment).\n\n",
"Your picture ($title) as EPS-file (see attachment)."]
);
$top->attach( Path => $eps_filename,
Type => "application/ps",
Encoding=> "base64");
my $SENDMAIL = "/usr/lib/sendmail";
my $pid = open(SENDMAIL,"|-");
die "Can't fork: $!\n" unless defined $pid;
if ($pid) {
$top->print(\*SENDMAIL);
close SENDMAIL;
} else {
exec $SENDMAIL,'-f','[EMAIL PROTECTED]',$username;
die "Can't exec $SENDMAIL: $!\n";
}
unlink $tiff_filename;
unlink $bbox_filename;
unlink $eps_filename;
exit 0;
# purifyFile extracts the pure PostScript code from an EPS-file if
# a preview has been added.
sub purifyFile {
my $header;
open(EPSFILE,$eps_filename);
read(EPSFILE,$header,30) or die "Can't read header: $!\n";
my($magic,$startPS,$lengthPS,$startWMF,$lengthWMF,$startTIFF,$lengthTIFF,
$checksum) = unpack($DOS_EPS_BF_HEADER_FORMAT,$header);
if ($magic == $DOS_EPS_BF_MAGIC) {
my $postscript;
seek(EPSFILE,$startPS,0);
read(EPSFILE,$postscript,$lengthPS);
close(EPSFILE);
open(EPSFILE,">$eps_filename") or die "Can't write $eps_filename: $!\n";
print EPSFILE $postscript;
} else {
die "$eps_filename doesn't seem to be postscript!\n" if $header !~ m/^%!/;
}
close(EPSFILE);
}
# Adjust BoundingBox.
sub adjustBoundingBox {
my $cmd = "$GS -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -q -sDEVICE=bbox $eps_filename 2>&1";
open(GS,"$cmd|") or die "Can't run $GS: $!\n";
while(<GS>) {
chop;
last if m/^%%BoundingBox:/;
}
close(GS);
if (s/^%%BoundingBox:\s+//) {
($left,$lower,$right,$upper) = split(/\s+/);
} else {
return 0;
}
if ($left > 5 && $lower > 5) {
$left -= 5;
$lower -= 5;
$right += 5;
$upper += 5;
}
open(EPSFILE,$eps_filename);
open(BBOXFILE,">$bbox_filename");
while (<EPSFILE>) {
last if m/^%%BoundingBox:/;
print BBOXFILE;
}
print BBOXFILE "%%BoundingBox: $left $lower $right $upper\n";
while (<EPSFILE>) {
print BBOXFILE;
}
close(BBOXFILE);
close(EPSFILE);
}
sub addTiffPreview {
my($width,$height) = ($right-$left,$upper-$lower);
my $cmd = "$GS -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dDEVICEWIDTH=$width
-dDEVICEHEIGHT=$height -q -r72 -sDEVICE=tiffpack -sOutputFile=$tiff_filename -";
open(GS,"|$cmd") or die "Can't run $GS: $!\n";
print GS<<EOF;
-$left -$lower translate
/EPSTOOL_save save def
/showpage {} def
count /EPSTOOL_count exch def
/EPSTOOL_countdictstack countdictstack def
EOF
open(BBOXFILE,$bbox_filename);
while (<BBOXFILE>) {
print GS;
}
close(BBOXFILE);
print GS<<EOF;
count EPSTOOL_count sub {pop} repeat
countdictstack EPSTOOL_countdictstack sub {end} repeat
EPSTOOL_save restore
showpage
quit
EOF
close(GS);
unlink $eps_filename;
$eps_filename = "pic$$.eps";
my($header) = pack($DOS_EPS_BF_HEADER_FORMAT,
$DOS_EPS_BF_MAGIC,
30, # start postscript code
(-s $bbox_filename), # length postscript code
0, # start windows representation
0, # length windows representation
30 + (-s $bbox_filename), # start tiff representation
(-s $tiff_filename), # length tiff representation
0xffff); # no checksum
open(EPSFILE,">$eps_filename");
print EPSFILE $header;
close(EPSFILE);
system("cat $bbox_filename $tiff_filename >> $eps_filename");
}
