LFS-HINT-PDF-printer.txt

   1 AUTHOR: Thomas de Roo <thomas@de-roo.org>
   2
   3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
   4
   5 DATE:2012-011-30
   6
   7 LICENSE: GNU Free Documentation License
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS:
  10
  11 Install a PDF-printer using CUPS and Ghostscript
  12
  13 DESCRIPTION:
  14
  15 This hint describes how you can install a PDF-printer on your (B)LFS-system.
  16
  17 ATTACHMENTS:
  18
  19 http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/all/ppdfiles/adobe.zip
  20
  21 PREREQUISITES:
  22
  23 This hint assumes you have already
  24 - LFS
  25 - Ghostscript
  26 - CUPS
  27 - wget
  28 - unzip
  29 - sudo
  30
  31 HINT:
  32
  33 - Download ans install the Adobe PostScript Printer Description-files:
  34 wget http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/printerdrivers/win/all/ppdfiles/adobe.zip
  35 unzip adobe.zip
  36 sudo cp Adobe/ADIST5.PPD /usr/share/cups/model/distiller.ppd
  37
  38 - Make ps2pdf.cups:
  39 sudo mkdir /usr/lib/cups/pdf
  40 sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ps2pdfwr /usr/lib/cups/pdf/ps2pdf.cups
  41
  42 - create the backend:
  43 sudo su -
  44 cat > /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf << "EOF"
  45 #!/bin/sh
  46 #
  47 umask 002
  48 PDFBIN=/usr/lib/cups/pdf/ps2pdf.cups
  49 FILENAME=
  50 # filename of the PDF File
  51 PRINTTIME=`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S`
  52 # no argument, prints available URIs
  53 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  54         if [ ! -x "$PDFBIN" ]; then
  55                 exit 0
  56         fi
  57         echo "direct pdf \"Unknown\" \"PDF Creator\""
  58         exit 0
  59 fi
  60 # case of wrong number of arguments
  61 if [ $# -ne 5 -a $# -ne 6 ]; then
  62         echo "Usage: pdf job-id user title copies options [file]"
  63         exit 1
  64 fi
  65 # get PDF directory from device URI, and check write status
  66 PDFDIR=${DEVICE_URI#pdf:}
  67 if [ ! -d "$PDFDIR" -o ! -w "$PDFDIR" ]; then
  68         echo "ERROR: directory $PDFDIR not writable"
  69         exit 1
  70 fi
  71 # generate output filename
  72 OUTPUTFILENAME=
  73 if [ "$3" = "" ]; then
  74         OUTPUTFILENAME="$PDFDIR/unknown.pdf"
  75 else
  76         if [ "$2" != "" ]; then
  77                 OUTPUTFILENAME="$PDFDIR/$2-$PRINTTIME.pdf"
  78         else
  79                 OUTPUTFILENAME="$PDFDIR/$PRINTTIME.pdf"
  80         fi
  81         echo "PDF file: $OUTPUTFILENAME placed in: $PDFDIR" >> $LOGFILE
  82 fi
  83 # run ghostscript
  84 if [ $# -eq 6 ]; then
  85         $PDFBIN $6 $OUTPUTFILENAME >& /dev/null
  86 else
  87         $PDFBIN - $OUTPUTFILENAME >& /dev/null
  88 fi
  89
  90 exit 0
  91 EOF
  92 exit
  93 sudo chmod 755 /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf
  94
  95 - Create the printer in CUPS:
  96 (You can choose another path for /tmp, where the PDFs will be saved.)
  97 sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p PDF -v pdf:/tmp -E -P /usr/share/cups/model/distiller.ppd
  98
  99 - Restart CUPS:
 100 sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/cups restart
 101
 102 Now you have a printer "PDF" that writes its output to the /tmp directory.
 103
 104
 105 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
 106
 107 Based on http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Setting_up_a_PDF_printer_in_CUPS_in_my_case_in_Slackware
 108
 109 CHANGELOG:
 110
 111     [2012-12-03]
 112      * initial hint
 113