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

gah4 gah4 at u.washington.edu
Tue Mar 1 18:05:17 EST 2022


On Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 9:16:42 AM UTC-8, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
 
> 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? 

As well as I know it, PDF is a subset of PS.

Enough of a subset that there is an automated process to convert
PDF into PS, and the program pdftops to do it.  

Are there printers that support PDF, but not PS?



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