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Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Avia Gaetz — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:57:32 GMT

Hello.
We need a simple way to print PDF documents on the OpenVms system.
Is there and simple way ? using : Print/Queue ?

Thanks
Avia

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Hein van den Heuvel — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:09:31 GMT

Google, or search the OpenVMS freeware, for GHOSTSCRIPT or GHOSTVIEW.

Also, there was a recent announcement for an itanium port of that on www.openvms.org.

hth,
Hein.

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Avia Gaetz — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:20:19 GMT

I'm looking for an automatic process. So I can send a command from and application.

Thanks

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

John Abbott_2 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:31:19 GMT

Assuming your files are in PDF format and that you have printer queues already set-up with printers that accept PDF files... you could amend your app to issue a LIB$SPAWN command which could contain a carefully constructed DCL command to print the output required to the queue selected within the app. Downsides (amonst other things) are having to maintain a list of printer queues within your app.

Just one idea.

Regards,
John.

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:39:12 GMT

As Hein said, Ghostcript can convert formats. So, it can convert PDF to PS (postscript). And postscript is accepted by most printers.

Only pitty that the command syntax of GS is hard to learn.

Wim

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

John Abbott_2 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:44:08 GMT

There is an up to date version of GHOSTSCRIPT shown here

http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=06/08/16/6936194

(I had problems with the 8.11 version)

J.

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:59:50 GMT

Here is an example. Horrible syntax. Bad error handling. Note the ps devices.

$ mc sys$common:[gs.bin]gs.exe_axp -help
AFPL Ghostscript 8.11 (2003-08-16)
Copyright (C) 2003 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
-dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer messages
-gx page size in pixels | -r pixels/inch resolution
-sDEVICE= select device | -dBATCH exit after last file
-sOutputFile= select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PostScriptLevel3 PDF
Default output device: x11
Available devices:
bbox bit bitcmyk bitrgb bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800 cdeskjet cdj550
cdjcolor cdjmono deskjet djet500 epswrite faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 jpeg
jpeggray laserjet ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 ljet4d ljetplus nullpage pbm
pbmraw pcx16 pcx24b pcx256 pcxcmyk pcxgray pcxmono pdfwrite pgm pgmraw
pgnm pgnmraw pj pjxl pjxl300 pkm pkmraw pksm pksmraw png16 png16m png256
pngalpha pnggray pngmono pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw psgray psmono psrgb
pswrite pxlcolor pxlmono tiff12nc tiff24nc tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d
tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack uniprint x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11gray4
x11mono
Search path:
[] , GS_LIB
For more information, see GS_DOC:Use.htm.
Report bugs to bug-gs@ghostscript.com, using the form in Bug-form.htm.

$ mc sys$common:[gs.bin]gs.exe_axp "-dNOPAUSE" "-sOutputFile=wim.ps" "-sDEVICE=psmono" "-q" howtovmstolinux.pdf
GS> Exit

$ ty/pa wim.ps

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Pages: (atend)
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 595 842
%%HiResBoundingBox: 0.000000 0.000000 594.959999 841.920021
%%Creator: AFPL G
hostscript 811 (psmono)

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Pim van Velzen — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:06:11 GMT

Some of the HP printers (e.g. CLJ 9500)have 'Direct PDF' functionality, which means that you can simply send the PDF-document to the printer (using LPD or FTP) and it will process and print it.

Note that the PDF-document will be printed 'as is', like it is generated; no rescaling and all other stuff that can be done when printing from Acrobat on Windows.

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:24:16 GMT

Found this nice article on PS and PDF.
http://www.adobe.com/print/features/psvspdf/index.html

Wim

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:42:23 GMT

Not on subject but I just discovered

$ convert/doc

which can convert e.g. text to ps.

Wim

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Phil.Howell — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:02:13 GMT

Some recent printers can print pdf directly,
you just copy or ftp to the ip address.
Phil

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Duncan Berriman — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:43:33 GMT

Hi,

Can you tell me how to install the pcsi ghostscript kit.

Thanks
Duncan

Re: Printing PDF documents on OpenVms 7.3-2

Steven Schweda — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:58:56 GMT

> Can you tell me how to install the pcsi
> ghostscript kit.

Ideally, you'd start a new thread for this
topic, and then you'd describe _your_ "the
pcsi ghostscript kit". Failing those, I'd
normally suggest PRODUCT INSTALL, but with
no useful info, it's hard to say much more
with any confidence.