From: Ellen K. 

?  I can already create a pdf from any application that has a print
function.

Are you saying the "deal" is that your setup automatically puts
all the pdfs in one directory?

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 06:16:32 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote in message :

>Because to print to a ps file all you have to do is configure a network
>printer, so the users can now create pdf files from any application that has
>a print function. They hit print then look in one directory and there is the
>pdf file.
>
>Geo.
>
>"Ellen K." 
wrote in message
>news:ahti30pi9gm4ivfa7ijvnthfegiv5m4ku0{at}4ax.com...
>> Why the extra step?
>>
>> On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 00:15:56 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote in
>> message :
>>
>> >No, print to postscript file then put in a watch directory and acrobat
>> >converts it to pdf.
>> >
>> >Geo.
>> >
>> >"Ellen K."
 wrote in message
>> >news:r59g30ljp0hhtqsrf3djhpd5773tgr6rjo{at}4ax.com...
>> >> I hope you don't mean print to paper, scan into pdfs...
you can "print"
>> >> to PDF maker and do it in one shot.
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:07:04 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote in
>> >> message :
>> >>
>> >> >"Chris Robinson"
 wrote in message
>> >> >news:403487fc{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> I have tried to prevent this happening in the
future by informaing
>> >> >> users about image compression.  I've also got a
Linux box running a
>> >> >> simple image compression script on the network -
users drop images
>in
>> >> >> the "INBOX", wait a minute, and they
appear in the "OUTBOX".
>> >> >
>> >> >Just a thought after you mentioned this. I have
pretty much the same
>> >thing
>> >> >except it converts postscript files into PDF (they
drop the .ps file
>into
>> >> >the IN directory and a PDF appears in the OUT
directory). If these
>docs
>> >> >never change you could just print them, convert to
PDF (which will
>reduce
>> >> >the graphics size automatically) and store them as
pdf files instead
>of
>> >doc
>> >> >files.
>> >> >
>> >> >Geo.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

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