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Old 09-19-2010
Tools Create a PDF file

Currently own an SCO OpenServer 6 system. Will like to know how to convert files printed to PDF so they can be sent to customers via e-mail. Ex. account statements.
# 2  
Old 09-19-2010
Not sure what format you are starting with, so it is difficult to give you conversion hints. If you have a Postscript file, you can use ghostscript to convert the postscript to PDF.

Code:
gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=filename.pdf inputfile

If your source file is something other than Postscript post the type and someone might have a suggestion.
# 3  
Old 09-20-2010
I have done this project three times in the last year. The first took a month, the second three weeks, and the third a week. The differences were experience, and client requirements.
Some issues:
Do you have the source code for the application?
Does the application print all the documents to a single print file?
Are there printer escape sequences in the print file?
Do you have/need logos and overlays?
Is email currently configured on your system?
Do you need to send a cover letter with the document?
Do you have the email addresses stored in your current application, and can you get to them?
# 4  
Old 09-20-2010
PDF

I am currently using an application called PRO IV which runs on OpenServer 6. I want to be able to print to a "PDF printer" so whatever I print gets converted to a pdf file. Guess like "PDF Creator" for Windows only that I need it for unix. I've installed all my printers on this sytem under the HP network printer manger option at scoadmin. Here's the conf file for one of them.

#!/bin/sh
#
# @(#) hpnp.model 62.2 97/03/03
#
# $Header: hpnp.model,v 1.9 91/11/14 10:44:35 pma Exp $
#
# Copyright (C) 1991-1997 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
# All Rights Reserved.
# The information in this file is provided for the exclusive use of
# the licensees of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Such users have the
# right to use, modify, and incorporate this code into other products
# for purposes authorized by the license agreement provided they include
# this notice and the associated copyright notice with any such product.
# The information in this file is provided "AS IS" without warranty.
#
# (c)Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 1991. All Rights Reserved.
# (c)Copyright 1983 Regents of the University of California
# (c)Copyright 1988, 1989 by Carnegie Mellon University
#
# RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND
# Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to
# restrictions as set forth in sub-paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in
# Technical Data and Computer Software clause in DFARS 252.227-7013.
#
# Hewlett-Packard Company
# 3000 Hanover Street
# Palo Alto, CA 94304 U.S.A.
#
# HP-UX Network Peripheral Model Script
#
# This script invokes the original model script
# from the subdirectory model.orig and pipes its
# output to hpnpf.
#
# Hpnpf does not exit on signal 15. Thus, the
# original model script can catch the signal,
# echo a string and exit. Hpnpf will exit when
# its standard input is closed.
#

MODEL=`basename $0`
REALMODEL=`echo $0 | sed -e "s%$MODEL%model.orig/$MODEL%"`
PORTNO="9101"
#
# This name may be initialized when the script is
# installed in the spooler. If not, use the name
# of this script ($MODEL) as the peripheral to contact.
#
PERIPH=jd01d
if [ "$PERIPH" = "" ]
then
PERIPH=$MODEL
fi
LOG=/tmp/$PERIPH.$$
HPNPF=/usr/lib/hpnp/hpnpf
LPLOG=/tmp/hpnpf.$$
LOGTRIES=5

echo "$1\t$REALMODEL | $HPNPF -x $PERIPH -p $PORTNO" >> $LPLOG

#
# Remove the log file if job is cancelled
# or the scheduler is shutdown.
#
trap "rm -f $LOG $LPLOG; trap 15;kill -15 0;exit 0" 15

ERRORLOGS=0
while :
do
#
# Save the stderr messages in a temporary log file
# and discard stdout which is the peripheral output.
#
rm -f $LOG
if $REALMODEL "$@" | $HPNPF -x $PERIPH -p $PORTNO 2> $LOG > /dev/null
then
#
# If the transfer is successful, remove
# the log file and exit.
#
rm -f $LOG $LPLOG
exit 0
else
#
# Added the request ID to the stderr message
# and store it in the lp log file.
#
# Only record the first $LOGTRIES errors. If
# the spooler gets in a loop retrying a job, the
# disk won't fill up with spooler log error messages.
#
if test -s $LOG -a $ERRORLOGS -lt $LOGTRIES
then
echo "$1\t`cat $LOG`" >> $LPLOG
ERRORLOGS=`expr $ERRORLOGS + 1`
fi
if test $ERRORLOGS -eq $LOGTRIES
then
echo "$1\t$LOGTRIES errors logged for $1; errors no longer logged" >> $LPLOG
ERRORLOGS=`expr $ERRORLOGS + 1`
fi
fi
if [ ! -s $LPLOG ]
then
rm -f $LPLOG
fi
sleep 10
done
# 5  
Old 09-20-2010
How your physical printers are configured really has no bearing on creating pdf files.
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