[lug] PDF creator ...

[Ken Weinert]

*sigh* I, of course, spelled samba *correctly* in the actual query. That was 
just a test to see if you were paying attention.

Yeah, right.

Good luck :)

On 5/6/05, Ken Weinert <kweinert at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Something like this:
> 
> http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2003-May/067773.html
> 
> I just googled for +pdf +sambe +printer -- there were a lot of other 
> links, maybe one of those would be more useful for you.
> 
> On 5/6/05, rm at fabula.de <rm at fabula.de> wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 05:55:58PM -0600, Mike Stanczyk wrote:
> > > On Fri, 6 May 2005, Dhruva B. Reddy wrote:
> > >
> > > > You don't say what format your source documents are,
> > >
> > > Windows format. ;-) The problem is a program that doesn't 
> > > understand how to allow individual page printing under
> > > Windows. Screw up a 88 page report with a printer jam, you
> > > get to reprint the whole thing.
> > 
> > Poor soul :-)
> > 
> > > We're stuck with the program so my next best idea is an program 
> > > that pretends to be a printer but that makes pdfs. Our HQ
> > > requires several programs so we're locked in for a while.
> > >
> > > It's a non-profit organization so there's no money available but
> > > open source is an option. I wanted something with both Windows 
> > > and Linux versions so that as I introduce more open source, they
> > > keep seeing the same stuff. Openoffice is next to be introduced,
> > > then maybe a desktop switch to linux if I'm lucky.
> > 
> > Well, so much for OpenOffice - what you're looking for is a 
> > Print-to-PDF, 
> > or? The easiest thing i can think of right now: create a pdf printer on
> > Linux and export it via Samba. I know there was a pretty good setup 
> > described
> > in some german speaking magazine - darn, if i only had the fulltext 
> > search 
> > engine for my brain dev ...
> > 
> > HTH Ralf Mattes
> > 
> > P.S: Nag me if you can't find a solution - i might find the time to
> > dig up that magazine.
> > 
> > > Some of the behind the scene stuff wlll change as they break down 
> > > and I can get cheap hardware. I'm scrounging now for a backup server.
> > > (to backup the main NT fileserver due to a failing tape drive.)
> > >
> > > Mike
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> Ken Weinert kweinert at gmail.com
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