Another possibility might be to set up one Java process that runs as a PDF print server, accepting socket connections to be fed PDF documents over streams, to which you should be able to write directly with iText. The print server could use ghostScript or some other application to print the PDFs. I think you would have to create temp files for ghostScript, however.
--- Tim Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > >> For the second application we want to print all > letters at one go or > >> with some control but we don't want to create > 3000-5000 physical > >> files, and print. If we accumulate these letters > into a single file, > >> one file will be too big since letters have logos > too and two, > >> printing will not have any control. > >> What do you suggest for these two applications. > Is there some > >> solution where we can print these streams fast. > You might have faced > >> similar questions from other users too. If you > can suggest soe > >> solution asap, it will be highly appreciated. > > > > I print batch print jobs, but I only print 20ish > pages per batch. > > The way I do it, is to output the PDF to disk, and > then use ghostscript > to convert the output to Postscript or PCL depending > on which printer it > is going to. > > I have a shell script that runs my java program to > do the PDF, and then > does the conversion, and then puts it into the > printer queue. It also > saves a copy of the PDF, so that if anything goes > wrong, I can just > reprint the PDF file. > > I would suggest that you make your java program drop > out PDF files for a > smaller subset of the whole batch. Say 100 pages a > time. So you end > up with 30-50 pdf files to print. > Let your print spooler do the job of feeding them > all to the printer. > > Maybe you could put a `hidden` very small batch > number onto each > document, so that if something goes wrong, you can > reprint that batch. > > Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
