It's actually very simple, you just define a new printer as you normaly would with CUPS. Since I use Mandrake I tend to use there config front end, but you can use whatever your Distro provides or just go to CUPS own interface at http://localhost:631.
Since I don't know what you use I'll use this last option as a guideline. Select "Administration" then "Add Printer", fill in the printer information, click "Continue". This is now where the pdf part comes into place. On the Device list you should have an option "PDF Writing" that you should select, click "Continue" which Takes you to the page where you define the type of device in URI form. Here you should put pdf:<path_to_output_location> where <path_to_output_location> is the path to the default location of output file in the event that the user's home dir cannot be identified. Click "Continue" to complete the process giving details for the virtual printer, it doesn't matter which printer make/model you choose as long as it's a postscript printer (I used HP Color Laserjet 4600). As far as CUPS is concerned you're done. >From now on you'll see your new "printer" as you would any other on the system, from a Windows client connect to it through Samba as with any other printer, just remember, you PDF Printer expectes postscript so be sure to setup your windows clients acordingly. I hope this helps clarify the usage, if you still have problems let me know. Regards, Eugenio Ruivo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim C. Sent: sexta-feira, 27 de Agosto de 2004 7:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Samba] Re: PDF printing with printing = CUPS Wow, that looks cool... Not quite sure how it is meant to be used though. > I've been looking into the subject of "printing" to PDF with Samba in > the ... > exit 0 Jim C. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | I can be reached on the following Instant Messenger services: | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: WyteLi0n ICQ: 123291844 | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Y!: j_c_llings Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
