OT: print a pdf from command line

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 09:49:37AM -0700, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
> So the word is, you can simply tell Linux to print a PDF file, and it
> works. My question is, "How?"

It's *magic*.  :-)

> Presumably, an output filter or something similar would react to the file
> extension, send the job to Acrobat, and output the result. Is this done by
> CUPS? Somebody please fill me (and others) in.

smartfilters.  It actually uses Ghostscript.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2337

Cheers,
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