Well, it's a Windows application that just wants to print to a printer. There has to be a solution. I'm thinking this has been done before. Somewhere. Somehow. I think.. ;-)
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Fournet Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 12:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Printing to an existing PDF If it's just text, you may even be able to get away with using sed to replace embedded keywords with strings from the user. Something like "s/XXXMyFirstNameXXX/$firstName/g" On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Jonathan Kulp <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tim Fournet <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > So you want to merge some data into an existing PDF form? > If this is the case, then pdftk is allegedly capable of doing it. I haven't tried it though. I have only used pdftk for bursting, merging, encrypting, or altering metadata in pdfs, Jon > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Dustin Puryear > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: >> >> No, no copy&pasting. The user fills in the information into a program and >> then clicks Print. >> >> >> >> I know about Adobe Acrobat being able to combine PDFs and other docs. I >> wonder what the other options are. >> >> >> >> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On >> Behalf Of Terry Stockdale >> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 11:03 AM >> >> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Printing to an existing PDF >> >> >> >> I know you can add pages to an individual PDF using Adobe Acrobat, but you >> might be able to use the batch processing functions of Adobe Acrobat to add >> the "fine-print, etc." to the group of PO documents you print each day. >> >> Can you paste the "fine-print, etc" into the PO document before printing? >> >> -- >> >> Terry Stockdale -- Baton Rouge, LA >> >> My computer tips site and newsletters: http://www.TerrysComputerTips.com >> >> On 11/29/2010 10:35 AM, Dustin Puryear wrote: >> >> Thoughts someone here may have some ideas. >> >> >> >> I have a need to print a PO to an existing PDF from a Windows XP box. The >> existing PDF will replace a paper-based PO form. We can't alter the >> application that is doing the printer other than pointing it at another >> printer (in this case, the PDF printer). >> >> >> >> This isn't a typical "use a PDF form" since the end-user won't ever >> directly open the PDF. They are just printing to the PDF. We need to use an >> existing PDF/layout so that it includes the fine-print, etc. >> >> >> >> Thoughts? >> >> >> >> --- >> >> Puryear IT, LLC - We see IT differently. >> >> Baton Rouge, LA - 225-706-8414 >> >> http://www.puryear-it.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> General mailing list >> >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- Jonathan Kulp http://www.jonathankulp.com _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
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