[IWE] Re: PDF printing question

Peter Whysall iwe@warhead.org.uk
Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:15:05 -0000


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Skip [mailto:iwethey.list@mail.refers.to] 
> Sent: 11 January 2007 15:12
> To: iwe@warhead.org.uk
> Subject: [IWE] Re: PDF printing question
> 
> 
> From: Barry Roomberg <broomberg@comcast.net>
> > To: "'iwe@warhead.org.uk'" <iwe@warhead.org.uk>
> > Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 09:03:46 -0500
> > Subject: [IWE] Windows PDF printing question
> > Reply-To: iwe@warhead.org.uk
> >
> > I'm attempting to setup some windows based workflow which 
> includes the
> > requirement for printing PDFs to a Windows network based 
> PCL printer.
> >
> > How?
> >
> > How do I tell windows to print a PDF?
> >
> > Under Linux it is a stright LP command and the CUPs 
> environment figures out it
> > is a PDF and prints it correctly.
> >
> > Does the same facility exist in windows?
> >
> > Is it a matter of install windows ghostscript and 
> converting it into PCL and
> > dropping it on the \\server\printer name?
> >
> > If so, can someone point me in the command line direction for that?
> 
> There's always pdfcreator; dunno how well it works, though.
> 
> http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator

As a tool for creating PDFs interactively (i.e. print from Windows app, make
PDF) it's great. I've dumped CutePDF in favour of it.

It doesn't do Barry's requirement, though - "see PDF, print PDF".

Regards

Peter.

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