Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jack Strangio Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 23:20:11 GMT Organization: North Star Horizon Builders Club Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <00d52381-a090-4def-b6c6-f1cdd2f02be5@googlegroups.com> Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="f133721531fed54e7b9447f358f5a26c"; logging-data="433"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19UBmOkRG1JyXw4uliG/8AIKdL7S/+cryw=" X-Newsreader: TASS News Reader 3.7.2 jvs [linux] Cancel-Lock: sha1:JlA7NWQp7FkHlOjqklUBifIFq6Q= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:13686 pureheart@pacbell.net writes: > I filled out an online PDF form with text in the fields as it allowed this. > Before hitting the :send" button I tried to save a copy only to get the message that it was not allowed. > > The form *did*, however, allow me to print it before leaving if I wished. > > Is there a way I could have invoked the program from the command line so as to redirect the printer output to a file? > > I have seen stderr redirection examples (stdin, stdout, stderr), but if there is no standard printer file such as stdprn I guess I might be out > of luck. > > Any ideas? > > Pureheart Most Desktop Environments have a 'Save as PDF' option when you try to print. Generally. the default printer is shown with either a drop-down menu, or else a 'Change' button so that you can select another printer. 'Save as PDF' is generally one of those other 'printers' shown. Jack -- "I'm a home-loving girl. And that's where I wish I was." "At home ..." "Loving." - Laugh-In, 1968