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lkrubner@geocities.com

2005-11-04, 2:49 am

This is a stupid question, I'm sure, but can I send a PDF file straight
to the printer, from the command line, or a shell script? The printer
in question understands PDF as a native language.

My server is running HP Unix and the printer is an HP Laserjet.
Ideally, I'd love to find a way to just send the file to the printer,
without having to first open it in some application.

Michael Tosch

2005-11-04, 2:49 am

lkrubner@geocities.com wrote:
> This is a stupid question, I'm sure, but can I send a PDF file straight
> to the printer, from the command line, or a shell script? The printer
> in question understands PDF as a native language.
>
> My server is running HP Unix and the printer is an HP Laserjet.
> Ideally, I'd love to find a way to just send the file to the printer,
> without having to first open it in some application.
>


lp -d printqueuename file.pdf

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Michael Tosch @ hp : com
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