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Written by torgrimt@sysrq.no
You will need to have a working install of samba. For windows you can use the apple laser printers drivers. Use one that has colors and high resolution. Remeber to credit me if you use this. thanks torgrimt at sysrq.no/ Put this in smb.conf [smbpdf] comment = PDF Generator path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes print command = /usr/sbin/pdfprint %s %U %G %m %I %H And the script to convert the files to pdf... You will have to make the dir spesified in OUTPUTPATH in the users homedir. #!/bin/bash #convert to pdf #$1=spool file $2=uid $3=gid $4=machinename $5=ip $6=homedir FILENAME=pdf-$2-`date +%d%m%H%M%S`.pdf OUTPUTPATH=$6/pdfwriter echo converting $1 to $FILENAME for $2 of machine $4... $6>> $OUTPUTPATH/pdfcreate.log /usr/bin/ps2pdf $1 $OUTPUTPATH/$FILENAME >> $OUTPUTPATH/pdfcreate.log 2>> $OUTPUTPATH/pdfcreate.log echo conversion finished, removing $1 >> $OUTPUTPATH/pdfcreate.log rm $1 echo done, setting permissions and notifing user >> $OUTPUTPATH/pdfcreate.log chown $2:$3 $6/$FILENAME >> $OUTPUTPATH/pdfcreate.log chmod 700 $6/$FILENAME >> $OUTPUTPATH/pdfcreate.log echo your new PDF is called $FILENAME. | smbclient -M $4 -I $5 echo All done. >> $OUTPUTPATH/pdfcreate.log echo >> $OUTPUTPATH/pdfcreate.log
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