Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 00:00:41 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [UnixOS2_Archive] No. 690 ************************************************** Wednesday 03 May 2006 Number 690 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 PDF printer driver : John Poltorak 2 Re: PDF printer driver : Robert Henschel 3 Re: PDF printer driver : Robert Henschel 4 Re: PDF printer driver : John Poltorak 5 Re: PDF printer driver : Andy Willis **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 11:21:40 +0100 From: John Poltorak Subject: PDF printer driver Is there such a thing as a PDF printer driver which creates PDF files from any application which uses a printer? I have this idea that it is possible to use GhostScript in some way to convert output into PDF format, but can't find any info on how to set it up for this purpose. Apparently all you need to do is create a new printer driver which redirects print output to some utility. Does anyone have anything like this working? -- John **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 12:44:40 +0200 From: Robert Henschel Subject: Re: PDF printer driver John Poltorak wrote: > Is there such a thing as a PDF printer driver which creates PDF files > from any application which uses a printer? > > I have this idea that it is possible to use GhostScript in some way to > convert output into PDF format, but can't find any info on how to set it > up for this purpose. Apparently all you need to do is create a new > printer driver which redirects print output to some utility. > > Does anyone have anything like this working? Yes, there is ePDF. URL: http://www.subsys.de/ePDF/ (the pages are in English!) It's a mature solution that I use on a daily basis. You create a PostScript printer that will print into an ePDF queue instead of port. It uses Ghostscript in the background. More information is available on the webpage and in the readme. Regards, Robert -- Robert Henschel -- OS/2 User Group Dresden http://warp5.dyndns.org:8080/OS2Dresden **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 12:44:40 +0200 From: Robert Henschel Subject: Re: PDF printer driver John Poltorak wrote: > Is there such a thing as a PDF printer driver which creates PDF files > from any application which uses a printer? > > I have this idea that it is possible to use GhostScript in some way to > convert output into PDF format, but can't find any info on how to set it > up for this purpose. Apparently all you need to do is create a new > printer driver which redirects print output to some utility. > > Does anyone have anything like this working? Yes, there is ePDF. URL: http://www.subsys.de/ePDF/ (the pages are in English!) It's a mature solution that I use on a daily basis. You create a PostScript printer that will print into an ePDF queue instead of port. It uses Ghostscript in the background. More information is available on the webpage and in the readme. Regards, Robert -- Robert Henschel -- OS/2 User Group Dresden http://warp5.dyndns.org:8080/OS2Dresden **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 12:01:55 +0100 From: John Poltorak Subject: Re: PDF printer driver On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 12:44:40PM +0200, Robert Henschel wrote: > John Poltorak wrote: > > Is there such a thing as a PDF printer driver which creates PDF files > > from any application which uses a printer? > > > > I have this idea that it is possible to use GhostScript in some way to > > convert output into PDF format, but can't find any info on how to set it > > up for this purpose. Apparently all you need to do is create a new > > printer driver which redirects print output to some utility. > > > > Does anyone have anything like this working? > Yes, there is ePDF. > URL: > http://www.subsys.de/ePDF/ > (the pages are in English!) Thanks for that. I think what I am looking for is the GhostPDF printer driver but there isn't a link for that... Is it available anywhere? > It's a mature solution that I use on a daily basis. You create a > PostScript printer that will print into an ePDF queue instead of port. > It uses Ghostscript in the background. More information is available on > the webpage and in the readme. > > > Regards, > > Robert > > -- > Robert Henschel > > -- > OS/2 User Group Dresden > http://warp5.dyndns.org:8080/OS2Dresden -- John **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 06:31:26 -0600 From: Andy Willis Subject: Re: PDF printer driver John Poltorak wrote: > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 12:44:40PM +0200, Robert Henschel wrote: >> John Poltorak wrote: >>> Is there such a thing as a PDF printer driver which creates PDF files >>> from any application which uses a printer? >>> >>> I have this idea that it is possible to use GhostScript in some way to >>> convert output into PDF format, but can't find any info on how to set it >>> up for this purpose. Apparently all you need to do is create a new >>> printer driver which redirects print output to some utility. >>> >>> Does anyone have anything like this working? >> Yes, there is ePDF. >> URL: >> http://www.subsys.de/ePDF/ >> (the pages are in English!) > > Thanks for that. I think what I am looking for is the GhostPDF printer > driver but there isn't a link for that... > > Is it available anywhere? > > >> It's a mature solution that I use on a daily basis. You create a >> PostScript printer that will print into an ePDF queue instead of port. >> It uses Ghostscript in the background. More information is available on >> the webpage and in the readme. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Robert >> >> -- >> Robert Henschel >> >> -- >> OS/2 User Group Dresden >> http://warp5.dyndns.org:8080/OS2Dresden > > I haven't used ePDF yet, I have been using PMPDF for several years. It is not a printer driver, rather it is a port driver. Use any PS driver and set the port to PMPDF. Here is an article pmpdf can be obtained at . I am using GhostScript 8.53 with it. At this point I have used pin.exe to add the ghostscript.ppd info to my postscript driver but is not necessary for its operation (went several years before doing so myself). Andy