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Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF

From Bill Marcum <bill.marcum57@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF
Date 2015-02-14 10:33 -0500
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On 02/14/2015 12:34 AM, pureheart@pacbell.net wrote:
> 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
>
You could go back to the page that had a link to the form, and choose 
"save link as", but that probably wouldn't save your entries.

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redirecting printer output to file PDF pureheart@pacbell.net - 2015-02-13 21:34 -0800
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2015-02-14 15:19 +0000
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Bill Marcum <bill.marcum57@gmail.com> - 2015-02-14 10:33 -0500
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-02-14 21:25 +0000
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2015-02-14 21:38 +0000
    Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-14 20:03 -0800
    Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF pureheart@pacbell.net - 2015-02-14 21:46 -0800
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Jack Strangio  <jackstrangio@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-14 23:20 +0000
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF pureheart@pacbell.net - 2015-02-15 17:46 -0800
    Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2015-02-16 17:04 +0000
      Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-16 17:25 +0000

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