From: "Chris Robinson" 

Geo. wrote:

> 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.
> > >> >
> > > >
> > >
> >

You should check out: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ - very
useful.  Needs installing on client PC's though.

Unfortucately, the files need editing on a fairly regular basis so PDF
isn't really an option.

Thanks anyway,
Chris.

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