I am not on the SAMBA list - so please if you reply remember to CC me.
My Linux users have access to ps2pdf - a nice tool to convert Postscript
files
to PDF files.I'd like to make it available to my PC Users - who don't
understand
what a command line prompt is....
I know the following works:
1) On my Windows machine - Add a new printer
an APPLE LASER POSTSCRIPT WRITER
But specify it's output to be a FILE.
2) Print a document to the file.
3) Transfer it to my Linux box and run ps2pdf - works like a charm.
So - why can't I do this with Samba (answer: I don't know samba well
enough)
a) Configure a printer under SAMBA
b) Instead of going to a PRINT QUE the data should be piped through
the program "ps2pdf"
c) The output is a PDF file.. Normally Adobe PDF writer would
put the result file some place on my Windows hard drive.
d) I think the SAMBA print service knows the Windows USER NAME
why can't SAMBA email the PDF file back to me.
Sure - I don't get all those fancy features that Adobes PDF Writer gives me.
I don't need them - nor do I want them, I never change the default settings
anyway.
For my users who really need that flexabilty - I'll purchase the full
PDF Writer
package. Or maybe - I could setup another PDF2MAIL script with the
options they want or need in place.
Should be nothing more then a 10 to 20 line shell script of some type and
knowing where in side of samba to put it.
I did try to search the samba site for info about this - but it is
fruitless - do you knonw
how many times the phrase "pdf" shows up...
My idea is just a thought - and a wish.
-Duane.
Duane Ellis wrote:> I am not on the SAMBA list - so please if you reply remember to CC me. > > My Linux users have access to ps2pdf - a nice tool to convert Postscript > files > to PDF files.I'd like to make it available to my PC Users - who don't > understand > what a command line prompt is.... > > I know the following works: > > 1) On my Windows machine - Add a new printer > an APPLE LASER POSTSCRIPT WRITER > But specify it's output to be a FILE. > > 2) Print a document to the file. > > 3) Transfer it to my Linux box and run ps2pdf - works like a charm. > > So - why can't I do this with Samba (answer: I don't know samba well > enough) > > a) Configure a printer under SAMBA > > b) Instead of going to a PRINT QUE the data should be piped through > the program "ps2pdf" > > c) The output is a PDF file.. Normally Adobe PDF writer would > put the result file some place on my Windows hard drive. > > d) I think the SAMBA print service knows the Windows USER NAME > why can't SAMBA email the PDF file back to me. > > Sure - I don't get all those fancy features that Adobes PDF Writer gives > me. > I don't need them - nor do I want them, I never change the default > settings > anyway. > > For my users who really need that flexabilty - I'll purchase the full > PDF Writer > package. Or maybe - I could setup another PDF2MAIL script with the > options they want or need in place. > > Should be nothing more then a 10 to 20 line shell script of some type and > knowing where in side of samba to put it. > > I did try to search the samba site for info about this - but it is > fruitless - do you knonw > how many times the phrase "pdf" shows up... > > My idea is just a thought - and a wish. > > -Duane. > > > >I posted scripts for this just hours ago. Search at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba for "pdf print", my name or the title "2.2.6 and printer questions" should get you there. This should really be put into the Samba-Howto-Collection! Eirik Thorsnes -- REAL Programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 17:10, Duane Ellis wrote:> I am not on the SAMBA list - so please if you reply remember to CC me. > > My Linux users have access to ps2pdf - a nice tool to convert Postscript > files > to PDF files.I'd like to make it available to my PC Users - who don't > understand > what a command line prompt is.... > > I know the following works: > > 1) On my Windows machine - Add a new printer > an APPLE LASER POSTSCRIPT WRITER > But specify it's output to be a FILE. > > 2) Print a document to the file. > > 3) Transfer it to my Linux box and run ps2pdf - works like a charm. > > So - why can't I do this with Samba (answer: I don't know samba well enough) > > a) Configure a printer under SAMBA > > b) Instead of going to a PRINT QUE the data should be piped through > the program "ps2pdf" > > c) The output is a PDF file.. Normally Adobe PDF writer would > put the result file some place on my Windows hard drive. > > d) I think the SAMBA print service knows the Windows USER NAME > why can't SAMBA email the PDF file back to me. > > Sure - I don't get all those fancy features that Adobes PDF Writer gives me. > I don't need them - nor do I want them, I never change the default settings > anyway. > > For my users who really need that flexabilty - I'll purchase the full > PDF Writer > package. Or maybe - I could setup another PDF2MAIL script with the > options they want or need in place. > > Should be nothing more then a 10 to 20 line shell script of some type and > knowing where in side of samba to put it. > > I did try to search the samba site for info about this - but it is > fruitless - do you knonw > how many times the phrase "pdf" shows up...its a tough search since it finds all the docs... however the the list archive is a good place to look http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba&w=2&r=1&s=pdf&q=b> > My idea is just a thought - and a wish.this already works - there is an example in the source ball /packaging/Mandrake/samba-print-pdf.sh you may want to use redmon and ghostscript on the local machine to avoid the mailing kludge. brad