Printing PDF files to network printers

[Paul]

> > Elly K wrote:
> >
> > > Hi list, I have a bunch of PDF files being written to a common folder by
> > > different applications.  The users needs each of these files to be printed
> > > to specific printers on the network.
> > >
> > > I am sure CUPS can print each of these files to specific printers on the
> > > network.  But how would CUPS know which PDF file needs to go to which
> > > printer?  Is there a way to do that?  Any ideas, pointers would be greatly
> > > appreciated... Thanks!
> >
> > Surely it is possible to set up afacility that prints your PDFs to different
> > printers according to certain properties of the respective PDFs. But this is
> > a task highly special to your needs (may be it is necessary to read out
> > parts of the PDFs to determine the destination printer), so I think it is a
> > task that is far beyond "public domain help" and rather subject to an
> > individual contract for a fee.
> >
> > Helge
> >
>
> Thanks Helge.  I appreciate your feedback!

Perchance, could you key in off the filename and use ksh / cron to clear out the folder and lp them to their respective destinations on scheduled intervals?

Just a thought.