On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 12:28:58AM +0000, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Israel Shikler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > My application is running on RH3 Linux creating output in PDF format. > > > > > > > > > I would like to convert the file to PCL format in order to print on an HP > > > printer which does not support PostScript. > > > I have tried to do the conversion the following way: > > > > > > /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops $JobNum $User $Title $Copies "\"$arg5"\" < > > > $inputPdf > $tmpFile1
Interesting. They use pdftops (from xpdf) here, rather than pdf2ps (from GohstScript) here. > > > > > > /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops $JobNum $User $Title $Copies "\"$arg5\"" < > > > $tmpFile1 > $tmpFile2 > > > > > > gs -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=ljet4 -r600 -dpdffitPage > > > -dFIXEDMEDIA -sOutputFile=$outputPcl $tmpFile2 > > > > > > The problem is that the PDF created in A4 papersize but after conversion I > > > am requested to load LETTER paper, and the printout is around 6% smaller > > > than the original size. > > > > > > Any idea what went wrong? > > No, but > > 1) have you tried -sPAPERSIZE=a4? [see man gs(1)] > > I have never tried it, just looked at the man page. > > 2) have you tried ImageMagick's convert(1) ? > > I have never tried converting PDF to PCL, but the man ImageMagick(1) > says both formats are handled. Which delegates the work to gs. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849755 | | friend ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
