How can I print a PDF file directly without open it?

[microsky]

I want to print a PDF file by command line directly and without install any Acrobat Reader product, is it possible ?
How to do it ? My OS is Solaris 2.6 .
Thanks,
WangYun

 

[AHinMaine]

I think the ghostscript package comes with a pdf2ps converter. You could probably convert it to ps and then throw it directly to your printer. --
Andy

http://www.nachoz.com

 

[microsky]

Hi Andy,
Thanks for your reply, but where can I get this shell script?

Rgs,
WangYun

 

[lfoata]

You should be able to send directly the PDF to the printer by doing :
lp -dprint_queue file_name Too bad I.T. is not cash business

Luc Foata
Unix sysadmin, Oracle DBA

 

[Annihilannic]

You can get the ghostscript package for Solaris from

http://www.sunfreeware.com.

Luc, I don't think that's likely to work unless you have some fancy kind of printer that understands PDF, which would be new to me! Annihilannic.

 

[lfoata]

I have tried it on a networked hp8100 and it works. Too bad I.T. is not cash business

Luc Foata
Unix sysadmin, Oracle DBA