03-08-2011
virtual printer driver
I need a virtual open source printer that can print to a text file. I need this printer to be open source because i will have to include it with my distribution of a program i am building.
Just for a little background information, i am going to be building a program to run inside of a virtualized version of windows xp. the reason i need this virtual printer is so that a unix program that can only print files( cant save or export them) can print to the hard drive. So if i can find a virtual printer that lets me print to a .txt only and is small and open source then i would be very happy and this would make my life a lot easier.
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foomatic-ppdfile
FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1) General Commands Manual FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)
NAME
foomatic-ppdfile - Generate a PPD file for a given printer/driver combo
SYNOPSIS
foomatic-ppdfile [-w] [-d <driver>] -p <printerid>
foomatic-ppdfile [-A] [-P pattern]
foomatic-ppdfile -h
DESCRIPTION
The first form of the foomatic-ppdfile to compute the spooler-independent Foomatic PPD file for any valid printer/driver combo available in
the Foomatic database, both for printing with foomatic-rip(1) and for applications/clients being able to access the printer's options. The
PPD file is returned on standard ouput. If the driver is not specified, the default driver is used.
The second form of the foomatic-ppdfile program will search the printer database and return either all printer entries or those whose name
and/or model information match a regular expression.
The last form prints a help message and exits.
Options
-d drivername
The (optional) driver name to use. If the driver name is not supplied, the default or first driver in the printers compatible driver
list is used.
-p printer id The printer id.
-w Return a PPD file that conforms to the Microsoft Windows format limitations.
-A Return all printer entries in the database.
-Ppattern
Return all printer entries in the database which match the regular expression.
SEE ALSO
foomatic-rip(1)
EXIT STATUS
foomatic-ppdfile returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.
AUTHOR
Manfred Wassmann <manolo@NCC-1701.B.Shuttle.de> for the foomatic project using output from the associated binary.
Modified and updated by Patrick Powell <papowell at astart.com>.
BUGS
None so far.
Please post bug reports on
http://lists.freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-foomatic
Foomatic Project 2001-05-07 FOOMATIC-PPDFILE(1)