Glen,Bill, Ron, and Brian, Thanks for the input on this. Glen's way seems to be about the same way I am thinking of going about it. And it is proof enough to me that it is possible, allthough I am going to probably use LaTex to do the markup, it looks nicer. We are running UV on Windows and will be for the forseeable future however this would be a great oppertunity to intro Linux into the environment. My company is under new managment and they were always opposed to the idea, the new managment is looking to improve and cut cost.
Thanks again, Norm On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Glen Batchelor <webmas...@all-spec.com> wrote: > I use GS on Linux to generate 99% of our paperwork. I also added a > print-to-PDF-display and an email-me-a-PDF option in our printer selector > for traditional laser output. I use html2ps and htmldoc to generate the > Postscript content and then either convert to PDF or send the PS straight to > a PS-capable printer. All of our generated documentation is HTML formatted > and includes embedded EPS logos and signatures where applicable. > > I originally utilized uuencode and uudecode to store and recreate PDFs > to/from MV files. However, due to such a large resulting file size I > eventually transposed the MV files into a file hierarchy system on the O/S. > It saves on file-save size and time, but I now have to perform dual backups. > One is a cronjob for the O/S FHS and one is the normal MV file-save. That's > not big deal. I just plug in an e-sata drive and do an rsync on the > file-save images and the PDF tree to have a mobile backup of both. Of > course, if your backup size exceeds 1TB then you may have to consider other > backup options. > > ---------------------------------------- > Glen Batchelor > IT Director > All-Spec Industries > phone: (910) 332-0424 > fax: (910) 763-5664 > E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com > Web: http://www.all-spec.com > Blog: http://blog.all-spec.com > ---------------------------------------- >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2- >> us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Norman Bauer >> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:22 PM >> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> Subject: [U2] PDF printing, LaTeX, Ghostscript, etc. >> >> Hello, >> >> Is there anyone here who implemented their own PDF printing system using >> LaTex, >> Ghostscript, or TeX, etc. >> >> We are printing on multi-part forms for all of our shipping documents and >> I am >> looking into ways to getting us off that system. 100% of our forms are >> printed >> using UniBASIC. >> >> Any and all suggestions will be looked at. >> >> Thanks, >> Norm >> ------- >> u2-users mailing list >> u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
