[THIN] Re: PDF Writing on TS2003
- From: Phil Smith <psmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:23:22 -0400
Linux box that has a shared printer device that spools to ghostwriter.
Users attach to it as a regular printer and then print from any application
to pdf. 0 Licensing fees and if you already have a linux box there it is a
very small amount of resources when it prints. No resources needed on the
TS.
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html
in my Samba config changed the following line to
print command = /usr/bin/printpdf %U %s
and modified the printpdf script to read
#!/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 - Username
# 2nd - The name of the spool file
#
# John Bright, 2001, jbright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# 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=/home/pdf
# creates directory based on user's logon and sets
# permissions to where only that user has access to their pdf files.
mkdir $OUTDIR/$1
chmod -Rf 700 $OUTDIR/$1
ps2pdf $2 $OUTDIR/$1/$1-$DATE.temp
mv $OUTDIR/$1/$1-$DATE.temp $OUTDIR/$1/$1-$DATE.pdf
chmod 700 $OUTDIR/$1/$1-$DATE.pdf
rm $2
With your linux box a member of your NT domain this will create a dir for
each username and put NT security on the dir so that only that user has
access to their pdf file. It is beautiful {tear to eye}
-----Original Message-----
From: Claudio Rodrigues [mailto:crodrigues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:03 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: PDF Writing on TS2003
I remember many people using PDF995 on TS without any issues.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ron Jameson
Sent: April 21, 2004 3:51 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] PDF Writing on TS2003
I know this has been discussed before, again, again & again....but on a
new TS2003, of course the Acrobat 6 does not print pdf w/o errors
(console login as admin also does not work). I am sick of this acrobat
garbage - they are the worst. Anyway, when I search for pdf writers,
there are tons out there, but which ones work with most apps on TS? Can
anyone give me good experiences with any of them. I see products from
pdf995, win2pdf, pdfpro etc, etc. We need to successfully print from
any office app, visio etc.
=3D20
Regards,
Ron Jameson
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