I solved my pdf printing problem by trying to log the output of
ps2pdf.  As soon as I redirected the output of ps2pdf, the files
started printing just fine!  Can anyone pick why?!?!?

#!/bin/sh

# Simple script to convert a specified postscript file into a PDF
  document
# and place it in a location that is shared by the Samba server.
#
# Arguments:
#   1st - The name of the spool file
#
# John Bright, 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

# We will create the pdf into a temporary file based upon the current date and time.
# After we are finished, we'll rename it to a file with the same date, but ending
# in .pdf.  We do this because if a user tries to open a PDF that is still being 
written,
# they will get a message that it is corrupt, when it is actually just not done yet.

DATE=`date +%b%d-%H%M%S`

# Directory in which to place the output
# Be sure this directory exists and is writable by the user that Samba
# is running as (for example, the nobody user)
OUTDIR=/var/spool/pdfdropbox

ps2pdf $1 $OUTDIR/$DATE.temp >/tmp/pdfprint.log
mv $OUTDIR/$DATE.temp $OUTDIR/$DATE.pdf
rm $1


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