Topic: HOWTO: Create PDF over LAN into your inbox

[sqlerror]

Frustrated by failing to get PDF printing via CUPS working in our LAN I got back to the PDF on LAN contrib by C. Jensen : http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/cjensen/mitel/beta/pdf-over-lan-sme_5.6-ONLY/.
This works good on SME 6.0.1-01. But users are complaining about having difficulties locating their PDF between all the PDF files stored in the pdfdrop ibay.
I therefore modified the samba template for the PDF printer and the printpdf file in such a way that the generated PDF is send as an attachement in an e-mail contaning the date and time of printing, the number of pages printed and the name of the printjob.
Users are very happy now ...

Here's what needs to be done:

http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/How%20to%20create%20PDF%20over%20LAN%20into%20your%20inbox


Cheers,

Sqlerror

[MSmith]

Excellent!  Thanks!

[mbachmann]

sqlerror, i prepared a page for you to type you howto in  if you like so that it's not getting lost in the forums: http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/How%20to%20create%20PDF%20over%20LAN%20into%20your%20inbox

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[sqlerror]

sqlerror, i prepared a page for you to type you howto in  if you like so that it's not getting lost in the forums: http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/How%20to%20create%20PDF%20over%20LAN%20into%20your%20inbox

Use "edit" in lower right corner, you have to be logged in to use it.

Thanks, the howto is in the wiki

Geert

[mbachmann]

Nice. Thanks. If you have subscribed to the RSS feed from contribs.org, you may have seen your rss'ed howto already there. Should appear in weblinks soon also.

[irule]

I installed this and it works like a charm!

except for one thing: when I convert an excel file to pdf and there is bold text, then this text is printed over each other.

Is there a way to "tweak" the quality of the pdf?

[sqlerror]

I installed this and it works like a charm!

except for one thing: when I convert an excel file to pdf and there is bold text, then this text is printed over each other.

Is there a way to "tweak" the quality of the pdf?

Thanks, I really like this method of creating PDFs and it's a pleasure to see others use it too.

For your messed up Excel output I can only advise you to try another truetype letter type and/or change the settings for font handling of the Adobe postsript Driver.

The options for these settings can be found when you use the File/Print menu to start a print command. In the Print dialog box click the properties or settings button a the righthand side of the printers listbox.

I am quite sure that this is an Excel 'feature' when using postscript printers.  

Geert  

Geert