bespoke pdf printing using Perl

[jimbo2112]

Hi All,

First post here!

I am running Perl 5.8 on NT 4.0

I have set up an FTP print server which automates the printing of any
pdf dropped into a watched folder before sending it to a holding area
where, after 3 days, it will be deleted.

I need to make the process more sophistcated by having 3 ftp folders.
These would be to either send it to a mono printer, send to a colour
printer or print only the first page (mono).

The problem I have is that the line command options for Acrobat are
very restricted.

Does anyone have any ideas on what I could plug into the Perl scripts
get what I want? Is there a module that I can use? I am very new to
Perl, so please be gentle with me!

Cheers

Jimbo

 

[Brian McCauley]

I am running Perl 5.8 on NT 4.0

I have set up an FTP print server which automates the printing of any
pdf dropped into a watched folder before sending it to a holding area
where, after 3 days, it will be deleted.

I need to make the process more sophistcated by having 3 ftp folders.
These would be to either send it to a mono printer, send to a colour
printer or print only the first page (mono).

The problem I have is that the line command options for Acrobat are
very restricted.

I've done something very similar I driving Acrobat with Win32::OLE.
(You need the full version of Acrobat not just the freebee reader).

The trouble is that the OLE interface cannot print to any printer but
the default so every time you want to change the target printer you
need to terminate the Acrobat process, change the default printer and
then restart Acrobat.

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