Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 18:37:03 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Eric <eric@tek-shop.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pdf print server Message-ID: <15354.63279.189435.227943@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <94531476@toto.iv>
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Eric <eric@tek-shop.com> types: > I'm trying to set up a printer server for Mac, windows, and BSD clients to > print to. In conjunction with our web server, I'd like users of the web site > to click little buttons that tell the server to print a file (mostly pdf's). > This seems easy enough with cgi/perl/shell scripts, but I don't know of a > program that can decode and print a pdf besides Acrobat, which means I'd have > to install linux base and X windows just to keep Acrobat happy. > > Anybody know of a simple command line program that can take a pdf and print > it?? Depends on what kind of printer you have. Ghostscript can print pdf files, assuming there's a driver for your printer. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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