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| From | Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF |
| Date | 2015-02-14 21:25 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mboefl$sp2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <00d52381-a090-4def-b6c6-f1cdd2f02be5@googlegroups.com> |
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 There's a printer driver for cups called pdfprint that creates a virtual printer that writes a pdf file of the printed page(s). It's quite nice for saving copies of web pages since it creates a single file unlike 'save page in html'.
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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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