PDF Creator/Shared Printer

[Jason Watson]

I get this same error on all the PDF files I make with the virtual printer 
scheme.  Is it not possible to use ps2pdf as a filter with lpd or is there a 
way to make lpd send a file instead of using STDIN?


>From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>
>Reply-To: pfaffben@msu.edu
>To: Jason Justman <justmanj@msu.edu>
>CC: pfaffben@msu.edu, GLLUG <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
>Subject: Re: PDF Creator/Shared Printer
>Date: 28 Sep 2000 15:04:32 -0400
>
>Jason Justman <justmanj@msu.edu> writes:
>
> > weird.  yes, it appears to expand properly, but when fed input from 
>command line
> > redirect, it doesnt like it..
>
>It looks like it can't take input from stdin.  Try feeding it a
>filename instead:
>
>blp:~(0)$ ps2pdf - foo.pdf
>showpage
>Error: /undefinedfilename in (foo.pdf)
>Operand stack:
>
>Execution stack:
>    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   
>--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   2   3   
>%oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   
>%stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   5   3   %oparray_pop
>Dictionary stack:
>    --dict:778/809--   --dict:0/20--   --dict:53/200--
>Current allocation mode is local
>Last OS error: 2
>blp:~(0)$ ps2pdf > foo.pdf
>Usage: ps2pdf [options...] input.ps [output.pdf]
>blp:~(1)$ cat > foo.ps
>showpage
>blp:~(0)$ ps2pdf foo.ps foo.pdf
>blp:~(0)$
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