Virtual PrinterQue for .ps Files ?

[Helge Blischke]

antonius wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a problem I cant find a solution on the internet myself :
> 
> I need a "Virtual Printer" in my network that would generate PostScript
> (.ps) files into a specific folder.
> 
> I found http://bitbucket.org/codepoet/cups-pdf-for-mac-os-x/wiki/Home
> which comes quite close to my goal but I need .ps for further workflow,
> not pdf. And I would need more than one single que (for creating high-res
> and low-res queues) and I would need to be able to define the destination
> folder off course.
> 
> The idea is to drop these files into hot-folders that are monitored by
> other Applications like Distiller and a RIP-Software that sends these
> Files to a Printer.
> 
> Any Ideas how to do this on a Mac running 10.5 or 10.6 ?
> 
> Regards, Antonius

I have a backend "prtofile" which does just that and permits to specify the 
destination path by the job option "file=absolute_path".

Drop me an e-mail if you are interested.

Helge