Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:39:38 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD cups printing server Message-ID: <20110120053938.33d7477c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim4WR9et%2BGkoBztQbqs2K51HB1XFJCUw9wqwyGU@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTim4WR9et%2BGkoBztQbqs2K51HB1XFJCUw9wqwyGU@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:39:01 -0600, "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a freshly installed FreeBSD 8.2 print server using the latest > cups from ports. > > I have a Brother 9440CN printer and a Virtual pdf printer installed > with cups-pdf > > both work great... > > my problem is I want to create a pdf for everything I send to the > brother printer (for archival purposes) > > can I add multiple printers to a single queue? or is there a script > somewhere, that I could copy the cups generated postscript to the > cups-pdf printer? If you're using standard /etc/printcap entries, it should be easy to write a simple filter that just does "| tee" for the regular printing input and branch a copy of it to the PDF printer which then stores the file, while the original PS stream will arrive at the actual printer filter. Sorry I can't be more CUPS-specific as I have abandoned this... "monster" many years ago. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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