On Sat 06 Jan 2018 at 21:02:15 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2018-01-06, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat 06 Jan 2018 at 05:54:00 +0100, john doe wrote: > > > >> On 1/6/2018 4:06 AM, Jason wrote: > >> > On a RasperryPi with Raspbian, I would like to create a PDF Printer to > >> > print files to. I only know how to do this with the GUI program > >> > system-config-printer but I don't want to install that on this > >> > Pi. What shell command do I need to create a PDF printer on the Pi (or > >> > on any Debian, for that matter)? > >> > > >> > >> Why do you want to"print" if you can convert to pdf using the command line? > >> Based on the original file extension you simply search for a utility that > >> will convert your original file to pdf. > > > > How does one convert a text file to a PDF using the command line? > > > > unoconv -f pdf text.txt
50+ megabytes of the libreoffice stack to install, But yes, that will do it. A sledgehammer to crack a nut. > cupsfilter text.txt > text.pdf I think you mean /usr/sbin/cupsfilter, unless you are assuming a user has to be root. I like this one; unlike unoconv, it will probably be on the system already and the command is flexible. Unfortunately, the output doesn't have searchable or extractable text, desirable features in a PDF. You pays your money and ....... . > enscript text.txt -o - | ps2pdf - text.pdf If UTF-8 doesn't matter to you, why indeed not use enscript? > The above works here. They all work here, too. As does printer-driver-cups-pdf, the OP's target software. -- Brian.
