[soup4you2]

Ok.. i'm not putting any effort into this howto.. i'm feeling mighty lazy tonight.. but i've always liked to keep a nice online library.. expecially at work.. so i've always liked setting up apache w/ some docs i can share w/ my co-workers.. plus saving on trees this is a might nice thing to do..

so lets get started shall we...

($:~)=> cd /usr/ports/print/ghostscript-gnu-nox11
($:~)=> make install clean

($:~)=> cd /usr/ports/net/samba
($:~)=> make install clean

($:~)=> mkdir /usr/local/share/pdf_printer
($:~)=> mkdir /usr/local/share/pdf_printer/drop_box
($:~)=> chmod 007 /usr/local/share/pdf_printer/drop_box

($:~)=> vi /usr/local/bin/printpdf.sh

------ BEGIN SNIPLET


#!/bin/sh

DEFAULT_PATH=/usr/local/share/pdf_printer/drop_box

if test $# -lt 5
then
if test $# -ne 1
then
echo "Usage: $0 <postscript file>"
echo " : If you want to execute this script from samba you must give at least 5 values"
exit;
fi
fi

if ! test -e $1
then
echo "Error: File does not exist."
exit
fi


if test $# -lt 5
then
base_name="tmp"
else
base_name=$2
fi

FILENAME=$base_name" "$(/bin/date '+%d-%m-%Y')

counter="1"

while test -e "$DEFAULT_PATH/$FILENAME.pdf";do
counter=`expr $counter + 1`
FILENAME=$base_name" "$(/bin/date '+%d-%m-%Y')" ($counter)"
done

ps2pdf $1 "$DEFAULT_PATH/$FILENAME.temp"

mv "$DEFAULT_PATH/$FILENAME.temp" "$DEFAULT_PATH/$FILENAME.pdf"

FILESIZE=$(/usr/bin/du -h "$DEFAULT_PATH/$FILENAME.pdf" | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}')

if ! test $# -lt 5
then
printf "Your printjob \"$6\" is processed.\n\nLocation\t\t= $8\nOwner\t\t= $2\nDocument name\t= $FILENAME.pdf\nDocument size\t= $FILESIZE\n\n" | smbclient -U 'PDF Printer' -M $4

rm $1
else
echo "PDF File is created: $DEFAULT_PATH/$FILENAME.pdf"
fi


---------END SNIPLET

($:~)=> chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/printpdf.sh

($:~)=> vi /usr/local/etc/smb.conf

---------BEGIN SNIPLET


# Global parameters
[global]
netbios name = PDF-SERVER
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = File & Printer Server
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
security = share
printcap name = /etc/printcap
; printer driver file = /etc/printers.def

# PDF Document share
[PDF Dropbox]
comment = Output from PDF printer.
path = /usr/local/share/pdf_printer/drop_box
read only = No
guest ok = Yes


# PDF Printer
[pdfprint]
comment = PDF Document Generator
path = /tmp
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
print command = /usr/local/bin/printpdf.sh %s %U %G %m %I '%J' %z '\\\\%L\\PDF Dropbox' &
use client driver = Yes
; printer driver = HP Color LaserJet 5/5M PS
; printer driver location = \\%h\printer$
lpq command =
lprm command =



----------END SNIPLET

Be sure to change:

netbios name = PDF-SERVER
workgroup = WORKGROUP

($:~)=> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba.sh start

now if you want to connect this to a windows box open up explorer and view your share \\xx.xx.xx.xx and connect to the new PDF printer.. when prompted for a driver select HP Color LaserJet 5/5M PS

congrats now all your pdf's will be in the /usr/local/share/pdf_printer/dropbox directory... pretty swanky :)

[cod3fr3ak]

Hmmm very nice. I needed something like this for my pdfs at home. I decided to dump them all to dvd and then use alcohol 120% to keep the image shared out to all the machines on my intranet. great idea though. is there a way to sort?

[soup4you2]

i normally map the dropbox and the web location to where they will be held and sort then and name them myself

[cod3fr3ak]

I just got to work and was thinking I'd have to do the same thing. No worries its a good idea.

[cod3fr3ak]

Soup do you think this would work for OpenBSD? I suppose it should just using the ghostscript-7.05p2.tgz package???

[soup4you2]

should work on anything... just change the parhs to the approporate places..

[cod3fr3ak]

Hmmm... I get the following error:
gs: can't load library 'libX11.so.7.0'

I assume its complaining about X. is there an OpenBSD version that uses no X. I didn't see one in the i386 package list?

[Loop]

What should I have in the printcap file? I'm getting
[2004/05/11 15:03:20, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_printer_fn(372)
Unable to open printcap file cups for read!
I am using cups as the print system, and until now this has worked fine, what would be different?

[soup4you2]

What should I have in the printcap file? I'm getting
[2004/05/11 15:03:20, 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_printer_fn(372)
Unable to open printcap file cups for read!
I am using cups as the print system, and until now this has worked fine, what would be different?

try it w/ just the samba config provided... nothing more nothing less... tell me if that works.

[Loop]

The config as written works, in as far as a PDF is generated, but the Windows Reader can't display it, but it does show the document properties.

I wonder if cups could print to pdf like this - or if both vups and the bsd print systems could co-exist.

[soup4you2]

i have no problems having acrobat read it...

as far as other OS's works great on freebsd and openbsd.. and i'm sure others... btw openbsd 3.5 rocks!!

[Atlas]

soup4you2, this is awesome. Thanks for the great idea!