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From: mps <soccio.n0spxm@fast-mail.org>
Subject: Re: commandline PDF printing References: <8a586b51.0301100417.585bc8f2@posting.google.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:21:04 GMT

VUK wrote:

> Is there a way to print a PDF document to a printer in command
> line? Suppose acrobat reader is installed but KDE (X) is not
> running?
> 
> is there a command like:
> 
> printpdf sample.pdf -Prlmip0 , where rlmip0 is a printer
> defined in /etc/printcap ? post answer here
> Thanks
> VUK

What printing package are you using?  CUPS has built in PDF 
processing support so that lp -d yourprinter sample.pdf or lpr 
-P yourprinter sample.pdf will work.  LPRng has file recognition 
support so that you have to hack the filter config file to point 
it to a program that will convert your pdf to a printer-friendly 
file.

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Sat Jul 12 03:07:57 2008: Subject:   anonymous


> Is there a way to print a PDF document to a printer in command
> line? Suppose acrobat reader is installed but KDE (X) is not
> running?
>
> is there a command like:
>
> printpdf sample.pdf -Prlmip0 , where rlmip0 is a printer
> defined in /etc/printcap ? post answer here
> Thanks
> VUK

yes, you can do this, provided that you have acroreader installed. Create file printpdf in your home directory (e.g. vim printpdf) and copy the following lines there:
#!/bin/csh
if( $# == 2 ) then
set printer=$2
else
set printer=$PRINTER
endif

if( $1 != "" ) then
cat ${1} | acroread -toPostScript | lpr -P $printer
echo ${1} sent to $printer ... OK!
else
echo PDF Print: No filename defined!
endif

Save this file and change mode to executable (chmod a+x printpdf) That's it! You can print pdf now:
printpdf Yourfile.pdf printername




Wed Aug 20 15:17:19 2008: Subject:   anonymous


heh
[root@cbusa drc]# ./printpdf sales_pw_1.2v1_0corrected.pdf linux
acroread: Command not found.
lpr: stdin is empty, so no job has been sent.

I have installed Adobe full package from adobes website am I missing something

Wed Aug 20 17:01:16 2008: Subject:   TonyLawrence


Acroread not installed or not in $PATH

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