Re: Printing PDF

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Steve Staples <sstaples@mnsi.net> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-12-29 at 17:36 +0000, Richard Quadling wrote: >> On 29 December 2010 17:24, Steve Staples <sstaples@mnsi.net> wrote: >> > I can create the PDF's no problem, it is just how to send the created >> > pdf to the printer to print (it is a label printer, printing 3x5 labels) >> >> What type of printer? Some printers require their own language and >> won't have any sort of PS, PCL, Esc/2 or GDI support. >> >> I've worked with industrial printers which take strings of plain text >> to do page layout/description. You load template layouts into the >> printer and can use them. >> >> Completely useless under normal circumstances. >> >> If the printer is something like an Epson TM-L90 (thermal label >> printer with barcode support), then sending it a PDF isn't possible as >> it doesn't have PS support. It is much easier to send it the string of >> codes to have the barcode generated within the label. >> >> On Windows, the drivers deal with all of this stuff. I've no idea on Unix. >> >> The exact model of the printer would help. > > I am currently unaware of the printer model, I am mostly working at > building a quote for them. Welcome to being a software developer. I suppose I should get the make/models of > what they are going to be using... and hope to hell that they are > compatible.  I do know that the printer has a custom formatted label, so > I hope that there is some drivers or wahtever availble to linux that i > can send the PDF to it to print... looks like this will be some trial > and error (err... research and development?).   The printing is the only > real trivial part of the whole thing. >.