Any idea what the command line for that would look like, assuming I have a PCL file, and I would like to get the PostScript output? On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Brad 'GreyBear' Davis wrote: > Yes, sorry I may have been a bit obtuse here. > > What I meant to convey was that give a print stream that is in PCL format, > the PCL format can be sent to Ghostscript to convert it to Postscript. Then, > ghostscript can send it not only to the printer, but also to a file. This > would satisfy the need to convert, print AND capture the output you need. > > Brad 'GreyBear' Davis > Ronin Coder/Bithead at Large > ----------------------------------------------- > 'Don't crush that dwarf, hand > me the pliers!' > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Shank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 2:42 PM > Subject: Re: Samba PostScript capture? > > > > Doesn't Ghostscript just accept PCL files?? > > > > On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Brad 'GreyBear' Davis wrote: > > > > > Sure, assuming you are feeding the files to ghostscript. Just pipe the > > > output to both the printer port device and a named pipe that writes to a > > > file. > > > > > > Brad 'GreyBear' Davis > > > Ronin Coder/Bithead at Large > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > 'Don't crush that dwarf, hand > > > me the pliers!' > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Rick Shank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 2:07 PM > > > Subject: Re: Samba PostScript capture? > > > > > > > > > > Well, Here's a monkeywrench into this whole thing. The files are > coming > > > > as PCL files. Can I convert them somehow to postscript first??? > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Jeff Hogg wrote: > > > > > > > > > This might not be a good solution, but.. > > > > > > > > > > Why not create a script file named lpr that creates the file you > want > > > first > > > > > from the file sent as input to the lpr command, then calls the real > lpr > > > to > > > > > print it... It would only be two lines long. Just place it nearer > the > > > > > begining of your path.. I think you can use an alias to set this > script > > > file > > > > > to be used as well. Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > > > Jeff Hogg > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Rick Shank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Date: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 3:45 PM > > > > > Subject: Samba PostScript capture? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I'm interested in grabbing output printed to a certain printer over > our > > > > > >network. Basically, when we generate reports, I want the reports > to go > > > to > > > > > >the printer, but also be saved to a post script file, that can be > named > > > > > >whatever. Probably a couple hundred/thousand of these at once. > We > > > will > > > > > >the convert the postscript files to a PDF file or something. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe" > > > > > as the Subject. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > > > > as the Subject. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > > > as the Subject. > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > > as the Subject. > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
