[lug] PDF creator ...

[rm at fabula.de]

On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 07:35:44PM -0600, Ken Weinert wrote:
> *sigh* I, of course, spelled samba *correctly* in the actual query. That was 
> just a test to see if you were paying attention.
> 

Geez, it's almost 4h in the morning over here and i'm debugging an application
that refuses to run after a compiler upgrade (-/  You could've spelled it "zombie"
and i wouldn't have noted it.
But, yes, there should be quite some docu on that topic.

 Cheers RalfD


> 
> 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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