[cups.general] PCL to PDF document

[hylafax-user]

I use ghostpcl for the pcl to pdf conversion.

On 6/22/2012 11:36 AM, Mike McArthur wrote:
> Hello;
>
> I am trying to get a virtual printer setup in cups that "saves" a document to PDF format.  I installed ghostscript and downloaded a custom filter and backend that would convert the plain text document to PDF.
>
> So far everything is working fine, save for a few issues.
>
> 1) I need to modify the document so it saves the pdf in a landscape format, or change the text size.  Any attempts to modify the filter seem to not cause any changes
>
> 2) Alternatively I will need to install a PCL to PDF filter.
>
>
>
> I have also attempted to use ghostscript directly to print off the plaintext file into landscape mode by executing the following:
>
> gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dORIENT1=true -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=/tmp/MIKE2.pdf -c save pop -f /tmp/KINS.pdf
>
> gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=/tmp/MIKE3.pdf -c save pop -c "<< /PageSize [612 792] /Orientation 3 >> setpagedevice" 90 rotate 0 -612 translate -f /tmp/KINS.pdf
>
>
>
> backend/pdf
>
>
> umask 002
> PDFBIN=/usr/lib/cups/pdf/ps2pdf.cups
> FILENAME=
> PDFDIR=${DEVICE_URI#pdf:}
> PDFDIR=/tmp/
> if [ ! -d "$PDFDIR" -o ! -w "$PDFDIR" ]; then
>          echo "ERROR: directory $PDFDIR not writable"
>          exit 1
> fi
>
> OUTPUTFILENAME=
> if [ "$3" = "" ]; then
>          OUTPUTFILENAME="$PDFDIR/unknown.pdf"
> else
>          if [ "$2" != "" ]; then
>                  OUTPUTFILENAME="$PDFDIR/MIKE-$PRINTTIME.pdf"
>          else
>                  OUTPUTFILENAME="$PDFDIR/MIKE-$PRINTTIME.pdf"
>          fi
>          echo "PDF file: $OUTPUTFILENAME placed in: $PDFDIR" >> $LOGFILE
> fi
> # run ghostscript
> if [ $# -eq 6 ]; then
>          $PDFBIN $6 $OUTPUTFILENAME >& /dev/null
> else
>          $PDFBIN - $OUTPUTFILENAME >& /dev/null
> fi
>
> exit 0
>
>
>
> ps2pdf.cups
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # Convert PostScript to PDF.
> umask 002
> OPTIONS=""
> sleep 30
> while true
> do
>          case "$1" in
>          -*) OPTIONS="$OPTIONS $1" ;;
>          *)  break ;;
>          esac
>          shift
> done
>
> if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 2 ]; then
>          echo "Usage: `basename $0` [options...] input.ps [output.pdf]" 1>&2
>          exit 1
> fi
>
> infile=$1;
>
> if [ $# -eq 1 ]
> then
>          outfile=$1
> else
>          outfile=$2
> fi
> echo "gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \
>          -sOutputFile=$outfile $OPTIONS -c save pop -f $infile" >> /tmp/mike.txt
> # Doing an initial 'save' helps keep fonts from being flushed between pages.
> exec gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \
>          -sOutputFile=$outfile $OPTIONS -c save pop -f $infile
> exec chmod a+r $outfile
>
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