Printing a pdf from the command line

[Gary Norton]

Hi,

I want to print a pdf file from the command line but am not having any luck. I read a few posts that speak of converting it to postscrip first, but I don't know how to do that either. I'm running hpux 11.11 and printing to a laserjet 4050 through the network. I also have acrobat4 installed on the unix server. Any help would be appreciated...thx.

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Gary,

According to the Acroread help section, you can use the following syntax:

cat sample.pdf |acroread -toPostScript |lp

[Victor BERRIDGE]

Hi,
You would have to install acrobat reader,
acrobat reader would translate to postscript:

Here is a sample I use:
cat $PROFILES$.FILENAME | /opt/Acrobat5/bin/acroread -toPostScrtipt
| lp -c -d$PROFILES$.PRINTER -n$PROFILES.CONC_COPIES



All the best
Victor

[Fred Ruffet]

Using linux, I use pdf2ps. This comes with ghotscript... Which has a port on HP. Have a look at http://www.ghostscript.com/

Regards,

Fred

[Gary Norton]

Thanx guys...Pete's solution nailed it!