[Info-vax] Direct print of PDF files on PDF compatible printers.

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Hi.

Some of the Xerox laser printer models support direct print of PDF files.
Now, we uses DCPS för most of our printing needs. So, should I look for
a way to setup a DCPS queue that will be transparent and just let the
PDF file through (DCPS itself dosn't support PDF input)? Or is it
simpler to just setup a queue using the telnetsym, lpd_smb or such?

The PDF files will be created on the fly just for the printout. And
the reason is that the "ReportLab" module in Python has barcode support
and I have not found any other simple way to create and print barcodes
on a laser printer without going to some external windows/linux
label/form processing software. But that only complicates the setup.

Well, I just also looked at a kit "barcode" in the freeware kit and
that can create PCL files having graphic commands to create barcodes.
But with ReportLab it is easier to combine barcodes with other
objects such as regular text on the same page.

Any ideas are welcome...

Regards, Jan-Erik.