[Samba] pdf printer

Mon Jun 2 06:35:56 GMT 2003

I modified pdfdistiller to grab out the %%Title field of the poscript header
to give it a better name cos username-date.pdf isn't much chop.  also emails
the pdf to the user rather than chucking on a drive.     sing out if you
want a copy.

also beware everyone.  a new version of ghostscript caused me to waste about
half a day trying to figure out why my perfectly working pdf printer stopped
working.  it logged a "Unable to open the initial device, quitting." error
in my log file which meant not a whole lot but finally figured out i needed
to set the TMPDIR or TEMPDIR or somethig to /tmp in the script. i read
something about not having access to temporary directory but no refercene
anywhere about what to set.  i did TMP,TEMP,TEMPDIR,TMPDIR in my script and
that hit it on the head.    that was a real poo.

regards
Matthew

-----Original Message-----
From: samba-bounces+mwestern=affairs.net.au at lists.samba.org
[mailto:samba-bounces+mwestern=affairs.net.au at lists.samba.org]On Behalf
Of Tom McKellips
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 6:36 AM
To: Joel Hammer; samba at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: [Samba] pdf printer

Yep I have set up mine so that when I print to my Samba PDF printer from
windows it creates the PDF then puts it in my home directory for me to use.

On Sat, 31 May 2003 08:50:34 -0400, Joel Hammer wrote
> I must agree with the simplicity of doing this.
>
> Most linux apps will print a postscript document to a file when asked
> to print to a file. Then, just run ps2pdf. Setting up a print queue
> to do this would be easy, at least in lprng, since linux apps routinely
> generate postscript files when asked to print.
>
> If coming from a windows client, just choose a postscript driver and
> do the same thing.
>
> Joel
>
> On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 02:51:58AM -0800, Tom McKellips wrote:
> > Making a PDF printer with samba is easy. I use an Apple Color
laserwriter
PS
> > driver on my Windows boxes and a call to ghostscript on Linux. The
article
> > that got me started out good is at http://www.linux-mag.com/2003-
> > 01/guru_01.html It sounds like this may help you also.
> >
> > On Sat, 31 May 2003 11:50:40 +0200, Kurt Pfeifle wrote
> > > > Norman Zhang nzhang at arkon-group.com
> > > > Fri May 30 16:34:25 GMT 2003
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your reply.
> > > >
> > > >> Please use this little HOWTO:
> > > >>
> > > >>     http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba/2003-March/093504.html
> > > >>
> > > >> The "color" all depends on the PPD you are using. If you use a B/W
> > Laerprinter
> > > >> PPD for this, your PDF will be B/W too. The suggested distiller.ppd
> > should
> > > >> be alright. Do you get B/W or Color PDFs from Linux/UNIX/CUPS?
> > > >
> > > > I followed the exact procedure as per above URL, except I grabbed
the
> > > > adist5.ppd from the Adobe Universal PostScript Installer 1.0.6. Is
that
> > > > okay?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > But this only covers the "Install-PDF-Printer-on-CUPS" part.
> > >
> > > The other part is the "Install-PDF-Printer-on-Windows". Here you have
> > > several options. My recommendation is the "Use-the-CUPS-PostScript-
> > > Drivers- for-Windows-NT/2K/XP"-and-export-with-the-help-of-
> > > cupsaddsmb" one.
> > >
> > > > CUPS seems to able to read it. I got color PDF when I installed an
> > > > arbitrary color laser printer (HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS.
> > >
> > > You mean if you install that printer on a Windows client and connect
> > > it to the PDF printer?
> > >
> > > That's OK if it works. "The proof of the pudding lies in the eating.".
> > >
> > > But it won't work with *aribitrary" color laser printers:
> > >
> > >   * the driver *must* be a PostScript driver (won't work with PCL).
This
> > >     is probably obvious to most readers
> > >
> > >   * even some PostScript drivers won't work. (If they rely heavily
> > > on PJL    and write a native PJL header to the PostScript file they
> > > generate,    CUPS won't be able to filter the file properly as
> > > intended. The "CUPS    PS Driver for Windows NT/2K/XP" works around
> > > this.)
> > >
> > > > I thought I can
> > > > get different paper size with this model)
> > >
> > > This should work with any PPD containing descriptions for different
paper
> > > sizes.
> > >
> > > > and B/W with a B/W laser printer
> > > > (HP LaserJet 2200 PS). Do you have a recommendation for a particular
> > model?
> > > >
> > > >> > I have another question, do I need to add a Color Laser Printer
Driver
> > > >> > in W2K to the PDF share to generate color PDF in Windows?
> > > >>
> > > >> If you read the suggested HOWTO, you'll see that the driver
installation
> > > >> first takes place on CUPS. Then you have a CUPS PDF printer (also
> > > >> accessible to native CUPS clients).
> > > >
> > > > I have setup CUPS to use PDF printing.
> > >
> > > Ah, I see.
> > >
> > > > I guess I just need to add printer
> > > > drivers to the queue?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > > I was adding the drivers from W2K using HP's printer
> > > > drivers. I know it is better to use CUPS drivers, but I don't know
which
> > > > model is good
> > >
> > > The one which works on CUPS (determined by the PPD) is good for Win
clients
> > > too. cupsaddsmb installs exactly that PPD, plus the Windows
> > > PostScript driver you choose (the Adobe or the CUPS version).
> > >
> > > > and it seems to be difficult to use cupsaddsmb.
> > >
> > > cupsaddsmb is extremely simple to use. (It is more difficult to
understand
> > > how it works. How it works is discussed in the new HOWTO.) If it
doesn't
> > > work, it is mostly because of an error in the "preparation" of the
command.
> > > See "man cupsaddsmb" for that preparation. Common errors are
> > > discussed in the new HOWTO.
> > >
> > > >> To install it on W2K, simply download the CUPS driver. Before you
> > download
> > > >> it, you need to run cupsaddsmb. Before you run cupsaddsmb, you
should
> > read
> > > >> "man cupsaddsmb". Even more info about it is here:
> > > >>
> > > >>    http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/SambaPrintHOWTO/
> > > >
> > > > I have been reading your document for the last 2 days (excellent
document
> > > > BTW). I guess I will read it again 8)
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Norman
> > > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Kurt
> > >
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