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From: "Brian K. White" <brian@aljex.com>
Subject: Re: Creating PDF files in Unix
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 01:40:44 -0400 References: <be4ks6$1bsu$1@news.securenet.net>

On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 16:34:28 -0400, Yves Leclerc wrote:

> I am in the need of a method of generating PDF files.  My company writes an
> application system which now need to be able to create these files, from
> time to time.  We were thinking of setting up a "print to pdf", since we can
> have multiple printer definitions in our system.  I have been following
> directions in order to get the "ghostscript" to be installed from a
> Shunkware 2000 CD.  However, the Shunkware 2000 INSTALL procedure is
> "crashing" my server, since it is corrupting the CUSTOM databases.  After
> that, I need to do a "recovery" restore, which works correctly.
> 
> Can someone direct me to an easier method to create a PDF file, on demand
> and with different file names?????

You may be interested in this:

http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/index.html#ghostpcl

Thanks go to Yussef M. ElSirgany of the filePro mail list for bringing it
to my and others attention. I've been wishing for something like this for
ages.

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