Re: [cobalt-users] PDF Printer in a Qube?

[Steve Root <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 21:29 01/05/03 +1000, you wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> on 1/5/03 8:01 PM, Steve Root wrote:
>
> >> A more modern Qube is pretty high on my wish-list....and stuff like a 
> built in PDF-Printer (through Samba and
> >> Ghostscript) and a better built in firewall <sigh>.
> >
> > Built in PDF Printer??? How so, I have a Qube3 Pro and didn't know it did
> > that. That would be a cool feature for my users :)
>
> I use my Qube3 as a print server.  I have a Lexmark M410 connected to the
> USB port and I can print to it from networked PCs, MacOS 9 and MacOS X
> machines.
>
> PDF Printer?  Is this a process to convert other types of documents to PDF?
> I thought you were simply trying to print PDF documents via the Qube3.
>
> Is creating PDFs under Windows a difficult process?

Hi Malcolm,

I know physical printers can be hooked up to a Qube 3, but i spotted in 
Michaels email the implication that the Qube 3 would be easy to set up to 
create PDF files from files sent to it (I was imagining it as a virtual 
printer).

On Windows (the cheap way without buying Acrobat:) I create PDFs on my 
laptop using ghostgum and ghostscript (and redmon), printing to generic 
postscript printer that is setup on my laptop, which actually creates a 
postscript file. Thats no problem for me, but it tends to confuse everyone 
else in the office.