Re: How to save a PDF as a postscript file?
Re: How to save a PDF as a postscript file?
- Subject: Re: How to save a PDF as a postscript file?
- From: Richard Rönnbäck <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 07:16:42 +0200
- Thread-topic: How to save a PDF as a postscript file?
Philip, Mark
Thanks a lot. Your help was far beyond what I could expect. The few minor
adjustments I have to make are all related to my environment and the larger
script where this is supposed to be a part of.
I am deeply thankful
// Richard
> Från: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
> Datum: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:02:44 -0400
> Till: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
> Kopia: Richard Rönnbäck <email@hidden>, AppleScript
> <email@hidden>
> Ämne: Re: How to save a PDF as a postscript file?
>
> On 5/29/07, Philip Aker <email@hidden> wrote:
> What you want to do
> first is set your PPD environment variable to the
> POSIX path of your
> favorite .ppd.
Ok, that would be the piece that sets up the page size...
For
> the uninitiated: a PPD is the printer description file used by
CUPS. The one
> for your printer should be fine if printing to your
printer from the GUI
> achieves a satisfactory result.
They live in /usr/share/cups/model/, and
> laserjet.ppd is a reasonable
fallback default.
To set up the environment
> variable for the benefit of the command in
the script I posted, just prefix
> the assignment to the front of the
string (pay attention to the spaces before
> the closing quotes). I've
also incorporated Philip's suggestions of leaving
> the arbitrary
strings blank (I wasn't sure that was OK) and redirecting error
> output
to nowheresville:
set shellCommand to
> "PPD=/usr/share/cups/model/laserjet.ppd " ¬
&
> "/usr/libexec/cups/filter/cgpdftops '' '' '' 1 '' <" ¬
& quoted form of
> pdfFile & " >" & quoted form of psFile & " 2>/dev/null"
--
Mark J. Reed
> <email@hidden>
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