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Here is an adaptation of the pdf printer that is installed by cups-pdfdistiller which won't drop the file in a certain folder on your server, but instead delivers it in the mailbox of the user who printed the file.
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
#
# This script is intended to be used as a CUPS backend, to create
# PDF file on-the-fly. Just create a printer using the device uri
# pdf:/path/to/dir/. When printing to this printer, a PDF file
# will be generated in the directory specified. The file name will
# be either "<jobname>.pdf" or "unknown.pdf", depending wether the
# jobname is empty or not.
#
# To use it, simply copy this script to your backend directory, and
# create a printer with the correct URI. That's it.
#
# Copyright (C) Michael Goffioul (kdeprint <at> swing <dot> be) 2001
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
LOGFILE=/var/log/pdf.log
function log {
if [ "$2" == "" ]; then
echo $(date +%c) [notice] $1 >> $LOGFILE
else
echo $(date +%c) [$2] $1 >> $LOGFILE
fi
}
log "Executable: $PDFBIN"
log "Arguments: |$1|$2|$3|$4|$5|$6|"
# case of no argument, prints available URIs
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
if [ ! -x "$PDFBIN" ]; then
exit 0
fi
echo "direct pdf \"Unknown\" \"PDF Writing\""
exit 0
fi
# case of wrong number of arguments
if [ $# -ne 5 -a $# -ne 6 ]; then
echo "Usage: pdf job-id user title copies options [file]"
log "No arguments supplied" "error"
exit 1
fi
# get PDF directory from device URI, and check write status
PDFDIR=${DEVICE_URI#pdf:}
if [ ! -d "$PDFDIR" -o ! -w "$PDFDIR" ]; then
log "Directory \"$PDFDIR\" not writable" "error"
exit 1
fi
PDFBIN=`which ps2pdf14`
PRINTTIME=`date +%b%d-%H%M%S`
print "PDF directory: $PDFDIR" >> $LOGFILE
# generate output filename
if [ "$3" = "" ]; then
PDFFILENAME="$PDFDIR/unknown.pdf"
else
# PDFFILENAME="$PDFDIR/${3//[^[:alnum:]]/_}.pdf"
# I changed this to user name, and the printtime to track down who
# printed the PDF and when, samba printing just uses nobody
# PDFFILENAME="$PDFDIR/$2-$PRINTTIME.pdf"
PDFFILENAME="$3.pdf"
fi
log "Output file name: $PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME"
# run ghostscript
if [ $# -eq 6 ]; then
$PDFBIN $6 "$PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME"
else
$PDFBIN - "$PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME" >& /dev/null
fi
MAILTIME=`date +%c`
# Store users e-mailadress in variable named 'TO'
# Username is received via the second argument of the modified printcommand of the PDF printer
# append @yourdomain.com to create a valid email address
DOMAIN=`/sbin/e-smith/db configuration get DomainName`
TO=$2@$DOMAIN
# Create a temp file to hold the mailbody
# Available variables:
# $1 - Job number
# $2 - User name
# $3 - Printjob name
# $4 - Number of copies
MAIL=$OUTDIR/$2$PRINTTIME.txt
echo "" >> $MAIL
echo "Hello $2," >> $MAIL
echo "Here's your requested PDF file." >> $MAIL
echo "" >> $MAIL
echo "Job Number : pdf-$1" >> $MAIL
echo "Title : $3" >> $MAIL
echo "Submitted at : $MAILTIME" >> $MAIL
echo "Attached as : $PDFFILENAME." >> $MAIL
# Use mutt to generate an email containing the text above and has the PDF attached
mutt -a "$PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME" -i $MAIL -s "$3 (pdf-$1)" $TO
log "PDF file \"$PDFFILENAME\" mailed to $TO"
rm -rf $MAIL
rm -rf "$PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME"
exit 0
</pre>
You can easily install this script:
<ol></li><li>Backup the original file;
cp /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf.old
</li><li>
nano /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf
Paste the script there end save using Ctrl+O, after that exit with Ctrl+X.
[[Category:Howto]][[Category:Cups]]
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
#
# This script is intended to be used as a CUPS backend, to create
# PDF file on-the-fly. Just create a printer using the device uri
# pdf:/path/to/dir/. When printing to this printer, a PDF file
# will be generated in the directory specified. The file name will
# be either "<jobname>.pdf" or "unknown.pdf", depending wether the
# jobname is empty or not.
#
# To use it, simply copy this script to your backend directory, and
# create a printer with the correct URI. That's it.
#
# Copyright (C) Michael Goffioul (kdeprint <at> swing <dot> be) 2001
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
LOGFILE=/var/log/pdf.log
function log {
if [ "$2" == "" ]; then
echo $(date +%c) [notice] $1 >> $LOGFILE
else
echo $(date +%c) [$2] $1 >> $LOGFILE
fi
}
log "Executable: $PDFBIN"
log "Arguments: |$1|$2|$3|$4|$5|$6|"
# case of no argument, prints available URIs
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
if [ ! -x "$PDFBIN" ]; then
exit 0
fi
echo "direct pdf \"Unknown\" \"PDF Writing\""
exit 0
fi
# case of wrong number of arguments
if [ $# -ne 5 -a $# -ne 6 ]; then
echo "Usage: pdf job-id user title copies options [file]"
log "No arguments supplied" "error"
exit 1
fi
# get PDF directory from device URI, and check write status
PDFDIR=${DEVICE_URI#pdf:}
if [ ! -d "$PDFDIR" -o ! -w "$PDFDIR" ]; then
log "Directory \"$PDFDIR\" not writable" "error"
exit 1
fi
PDFBIN=`which ps2pdf14`
PRINTTIME=`date +%b%d-%H%M%S`
print "PDF directory: $PDFDIR" >> $LOGFILE
# generate output filename
if [ "$3" = "" ]; then
PDFFILENAME="$PDFDIR/unknown.pdf"
else
# PDFFILENAME="$PDFDIR/${3//[^[:alnum:]]/_}.pdf"
# I changed this to user name, and the printtime to track down who
# printed the PDF and when, samba printing just uses nobody
# PDFFILENAME="$PDFDIR/$2-$PRINTTIME.pdf"
PDFFILENAME="$3.pdf"
fi
log "Output file name: $PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME"
# run ghostscript
if [ $# -eq 6 ]; then
$PDFBIN $6 "$PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME"
else
$PDFBIN - "$PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME" >& /dev/null
fi
MAILTIME=`date +%c`
# Store users e-mailadress in variable named 'TO'
# Username is received via the second argument of the modified printcommand of the PDF printer
# append @yourdomain.com to create a valid email address
DOMAIN=`/sbin/e-smith/db configuration get DomainName`
TO=$2@$DOMAIN
# Create a temp file to hold the mailbody
# Available variables:
# $1 - Job number
# $2 - User name
# $3 - Printjob name
# $4 - Number of copies
MAIL=$OUTDIR/$2$PRINTTIME.txt
echo "" >> $MAIL
echo "Hello $2," >> $MAIL
echo "Here's your requested PDF file." >> $MAIL
echo "" >> $MAIL
echo "Job Number : pdf-$1" >> $MAIL
echo "Title : $3" >> $MAIL
echo "Submitted at : $MAILTIME" >> $MAIL
echo "Attached as : $PDFFILENAME." >> $MAIL
# Use mutt to generate an email containing the text above and has the PDF attached
mutt -a "$PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME" -i $MAIL -s "$3 (pdf-$1)" $TO
log "PDF file \"$PDFFILENAME\" mailed to $TO"
rm -rf $MAIL
rm -rf "$PDFDIR/$PDFFILENAME"
exit 0
</pre>
You can easily install this script:
<ol></li><li>Backup the original file;
cp /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf.old
</li><li>
nano /usr/lib/cups/backend/pdf
Paste the script there end save using Ctrl+O, after that exit with Ctrl+X.
[[Category:Howto]][[Category:Cups]]
