On Thu 16 Feb 2023 at 11:27:25 -0800, Bob McGowan wrote: > On 2/16/23 11:14 AM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 16 Feb 2023 at 11:52:21 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > [1]to...@tuxteam.de [2023-02-16 16:53:02] wrote: > > Just for kicks: have you tried sending a PS (or *gasp* PDF) file > down that alley (e.g. with socat)? > > For That One Form in the Year this might be just sufficient... > > Hint: start with a small one :) > > I don't think "a small one" can be small enough in case it misfires. > Instead, I usually make sure there's only 1 sheet of paper in the tray > when I send the test (usually a sheet that I already used :-) > > Producind a PDF with the line "This is a test" in it is > incredibly easy. Jumping through hoops is not needed. > > > However, the PDF file created (I used LibreOffice 'cause its fast and > easy) was 7,335 characters long, according to 'wc', which also reported > 367 "words" and 139 "lines". > > Given that a standard US letter size sheet (8.5 by 11 inches) has 66 > lines per page, that is just over 2 pages. > > So putting only one used sheet of paper in the printer would save a > couple of sheets of paper. ;) > > Not much but why waste paper for a simple test?
I have no desire or intention to investigate how LibreOffice deals with a single line text file converted to a PDF. This works to not waste paper when fileout.pdf is printed: /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf 1 1 1 1 1 filein.txt > fileout.pdf -- Brian.
