Re: remotely print PDF files from WO
Re: remotely print PDF files from WO
- Subject: Re: remotely print PDF files from WO
- From: Jean-François Veillette <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:38:42 -0500
I have the same problem to solve.
I tried the javax.print api and realised it's a no-go. javax.print will
talk directly to your printer. Not what I'm looking for. Like you I
want to be able to print to the print spooler, on OS-X I would like to
pass by CUPS.
I just did a quick search and found jipsi
About:
jipsi is an implementation of the Java Print Service API for Common
Unix Printing System (CUPS). This allows printing from Java application
on virtually all printers connected to a Unix network.
http://www.lohndirekt.de/software/jipsi.html
I'm not sure it will really help, it may be enough to get you going.
It's also on my todo list, but on a relatively low priority, so I don't
know when I'll be back to this for r&d. But going with cups was to be
my next step of evaluation.
- jfv
Le 04-11-18, à 15:24, Nathan Dumar a écrit :
I'm guessing the printserver will accept postscript files ... you
could try using pdf2ps (ghostscript) to convert PDF to PS.
Not that I've ever done it before.
Take care,
Nathan
On Nov 18, 2004, at 2:09 PM, Kimball, Melissa L - Raleigh, NC -
Contractor wrote:
Hello everyone,
I've got an issue here. I've got a PDF file that is generated by
JavaPDFGenerator though a Java web application. I need to send this
PDF file to a print server without opening the file up in a browser,
clicking the print icon, waiting for the PDF print dialogbox to come
up, and having the user send the job to a printer. Instead, I know
who the IP address of the print server, and hopefully the driver as
well (installed on the deployment box). The print server will then
farm out the print job to one of the printers in its cluster. Sounds
easy......
So far I've heard that javax.print does not support the PDF "flavor."
Is this correct? If it did support PDF, then the solution would be
simple, because javax.print can spool my job to a remote printer!
It's the PDF file format that is the problem.
I was also thinking about the Runtime class and executing an OS
command to spool the job to the printer through a shell script. Has
anyone gotten this to work?
Thanks for all your help!
Melissa
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