t; From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Haggai Eran
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 5:34 PM
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> Subject: Re: printing PDF from a command line on Linux
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> With CUPS, lpr will convert most formats to the printer format, so you
> can j
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 prin
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 wor
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 12:36:34PM +, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> softkol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a way to print a PDF file to printer queue from a command
> > line?
>
>
> Have you tried
>
> pdf2ps file.pdf - | lpr
pdftops, pdf2ps: one of them is from gs,
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From: Oleg Goldshmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 2:37 PM
To: softkol
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Subject: Re: printing PDF from a command line on Linux
softkol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to p
softkol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to print a PDF file to printer queue from a command
> line?
Have you tried
pdf2ps file.pdf - | lpr
?
Your problem will be that the filename will not appear in the printer
queue. So write a script that does pdf2ps, lpr, and rem
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, softkol wrote:
Hi,
Is there a way to print a PDF file to printer queue from a command line?
Hi Israel,
pdftops or pdftotext should help.
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Hi,
I use the following small script to print a PDF from the command line
(requires that Acrobat reader (acroread) is installed).
acroread has a -toPostScript option to create a .ps file without opening
the graphical interface. I believe you can do the same thing with xpdf
using the -ps command l
Hi,
Is there a way to print a PDF file to printer queue from a command line?
Best Regards,
Israel Shikler
Softkol Software Services
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