Uninstall
Uninstall the Network PDF Printer contrib by running this command:
rpm -e smeserver-pdf-over-lan
If you want to completely uninstall the contrib as well as all its dependencies, you can use the following command:
Warning: this uninstallation command will disable Hylafax, if you have it installed.
rpm -e xorg-x11-xfs urw-fonts chkfontpath ghostscript ghostscript-fonts \
smeserver-pdf-over-lan VFlib2 xorg-x11-font-utils fonts-xorg-base
Install the Packages
cd ~
wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/\
contribs/rmitchell/smeserver/contribs/zoneminder/\
smeserver-pdf-over-lan-2.0-01.noarch.rpm
yum localinstall -y --enablerepo=base \
smeserver-pdf-over-lan-2.0-01.noarch.rpm
Modifications
You might desire to have the newly-created PDF files dropped somewhere besides the default 'pdfdrop' I-bay. If so, edit the /usr/bin/printpdf script:
vi /usr/bin/printpdf
Change the print location by modifying the OUTDIR location:
OUTDIR=/home/e-smith/files/ibays/pdfdrop/files
Windows PDF Printer Driver
Simple Method
Add a new network printer to the Windows client PC. Browse to the \\server\pdf printer share and use the Apple Color Laserwriter 12/600 driver.
Less Simple Method
This method may give you more control of your PDF output files.
On a Windows PC, download the Adobe postscript print driver and the Adobe Acrobat Distiller .ppd (postscript printer definition) file.
Extract the adobe.zip ppd archive and save the ADIST5.PPD (English) file. The others are for other languages.
The Adobe printer driver is a self-installing Windows executable. Run it and try to install the network PDF printer. When prompted, choose the ADIST5.PPD file and 'Acrobat Distiller'.
If you have problems getting the Adobe postscript driver installed as a network printer, try installing it as a local printer then go in to the printer properties after the installation and change the port to the UNC path of the printer (\\servername\pdf).
Retrieve PDF Files
The newly created .pdf files are left in the \\servername\pdfdrop file share on the server.
You may choose to also modify the logon script to map a drive letter to this new I-Bay to make accessing the newly created PDF files easier.
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