printer server on the network

[actuariat]

Can you add this option please? It will fix all problems related to virtual machines. For example using wine to print something from an old .exe.

It works with this app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/print-to-pdf-printer-app/id1639234272?mt=12

but not with your last version. So can you make something similar?

This is the only point to use a PDFwriter in macOS to try to print in akward situations.

[rodyager]

I’m not sure what you are asking.

If you want to be able to share RWTS-PDFwriter on the local network, you can turn this on in System Settings -> Printers & Scanners by activating “Share this printer on the network” and then clicking on Open Sharing Settings … and turning on Printer Sharing.

However, if your question relates to the removal of the capacity to print documents where the source program provides the print data in postscript format, you will need to look to other solutions. Apple has removed the components of the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) that provided the service of converting postscript to portable document format (pdf) due to the inherent security problems associated with postscript. Replacing this functionality is beyond the scope of this project.

Rod

On 26 Feb 2024, at 8:59 PM, actuariat @.***> wrote:

Can you add this option please? It will fix all problems related to virtual machines. For example using wine to print something from an old .exe.

It works with this app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/print-to-pdf-printer-app/id1639234272?mt=12

but not with your last version. So can you make something similar?

This is the only point to use a PDFwriter in macOS to try to print in akward situations.

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[actuariat]

Manny thanks for your reply,

I am using wine to start an old application in order to print some articles from that app. So inside wine, I can find the printer—PDFwriter, but when trying to print, it will not produce any output.

I think that it can not connect to the printer (waiting at page 1) so it is not related to postscript. The other app I mentioned has an offline status and when I am turning it on it will produce the pdf in the end.

So the problem is that it is not online.

[rodyager]

Hi. As far as I can see, it is working correctly (well, apart from a spelling error if you have not installed the very latest version).

To make things work, you need to have

1. Shared the printer
2. Turned on printer sharing
3. On the client machine, ensured you are printing to pdfwriter @ host machine name.
4. Look for the “printed" document in the folder /var/spool/pdfwriter/anonaymous users (or if you have the very latest version /var/spool/pdfwriter/anonymous users) on the host machine.

Rod

On 27 Feb 2024, at 5:52 PM, actuariat @.***> wrote:

I am using wine to start an old application in order to print some articles from that app. So inside wine, I can find the printer—PDFwriter, but when trying to print, it will not produce any output.

I think that it can not connect to the printer (waiting at page 1) so it is not related to postscript. The other app I mentioned has an offline status and when I am turning it on it will produce the pdf in the end.

So the problem is that it is not online.

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[actuariat]

Thank you very much. It is working crazy fast. Not sure why: restarting?