Printing a PDF from filePro

[Walter Vaughan]

Jerry Rains wrote:

> We need to be able to print a .PDF file under filePro process control.  
> On SuSE Enterprise 8.0, we can use:
We do it all day with stored .prn files (native HP-PCL).

>  'lp -dprintername filename.PDF'    to print the file to an HP LaserJet 
> 1200 series printer. 
>  
> However, the printout is shifted down about 1/2" which causes the bottom 
> 3/8" of the image to be cut off.  We can do:
A PDF file cannot be consumed by a postscript printer, or any that I 
have seen. A .ps or .eps can be fed directly to a postscript printer. 
Your printer destination "printername" must be converting the PDF to ps 
(I am guessing some iteration of ghostscript) automagically. Kprinter 
does it automagically if you have it installed.

>  'pdf2ps filename.PDF filename.ps'    to convert the .PDF to postscript 
> first and then:
>  
>  'lp -dprintername filename.ps'  and it prints perfectly.
>  
> Has anybody solved this problem?

As Mark stated, its a understanding of what is going on. Your un-named 
printer interface script is helping perhaps too much.