correction : /would print the specified file on the server. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Vamsi Krishna Davuluri < vamsi.davul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ah yes, thanks for pointing it out for me! I hadn't given critical thought > about avoiding the client-server cups setup. Case is its not even required, > as the server will be having the printer (or if some other machine, I will > just write code which configures it to the network printer on the server i > mean) when received approve, a nice php script would print to the specified > file on the server. > We wont be requiring any drivers on the client just driver for one virtual > cups-pdf! the dependencies and all come to max 1 mb. Just checked. > > http://sophie.zarb.org/srpm/Fedora,10,/cups-pdf/deps > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Martin Langhoff < > martin.langh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Vamsi Krishna Davuluri >> <vamsi.davul...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > What cups-pdf does is it has the ability to print a pdf from any mime >> type >> > associated with cups mime.types. As opposed to what the abiword api does >> > (draw the screen to graphic objects and export to pdf) . So this is >> really >> > an asset! >> >> Ah, ok, that does sound good and worthwhile, specially if you can >> avoid the client-server setup which you won't want, and the big >> footprint of all the cups drivers for a bazillion printers (perhaps >> that's well isolated in the foomatic packages already? i dunno). >> >> >> m >> -- >> martin.langh...@gmail.com >> mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect >> - ask interesting questions >> - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first >> - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff >> > >
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