On Sun 07 Jan 2018 at 21:41:16 +0100, john doe wrote: > On 1/7/2018 9:01 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 06 Jan 2018 at 21:51:18 +0100, john doe wrote: > > > > > On 1/6/2018 9:15 PM, Brian 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? > > > > > > > > > > Using enscript and ps2pdf (goastscript) for example. > > > > > > https://www.gnu.org/software/enscript/ > > > https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/Ps2pdf.htm > > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/27097/how-to-print-a-regular-file-to-pdf-from-command-line > > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/17406/how-to-convert-txt-to-pdf > > > > Thanks, but I should have been clearer and more precise. I was after a > > "one-step" utility which went directly from text to PDF. (cups-pdf gives > > the appearence of doing that but it doesn't). You question its utility; > > if pressed, I could agree with you. > > > > I don't want to do through the intermediate Postscript production step. > > Why not (you can run both utilities in one go)?
You have completely missed the point. "one-step" and "directly" were the clues. -- Brian
