[Info-vax] OpenVMS printing to PDF

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In article <mjcoeo$7r7$1 at dont-email.me>, Paul Anderson <paul.anderson at vmssoftware.com> writes:
>On 2015-05-18 12:48:49 +0000, hancockrl59 at gmail.com said:
>
>> Does anyone know if there is a way to print directly to pdf via an 
>> OpenVMS print queue?
>
>This has been on our wishlist for a while.
>
>Some printers can accept PDF files directly.  HP has some models that 
>do this.  I don't know about other printer vendors.
>
>Other than that, since your printer probably understands PostScript 
>files, you could use the Ghostscript pdf2ps capability.  Sending a PDF 
>file through that would be a process outside of the PRINT command or an 
>OpenVMS print queue.
>
>I would love for DCPS to handle PDF files, but such an effort is not 
>yet on the drawing board.
>
>Paul
>
>Paul Anderson
>VMS Software, Inc.

Been there; done that.  Not for me for for a client.  They print comformance
specs to accompany invoices.  The specs are all PDF.

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