I've found ...
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/pdftoprinter.html
seems to achieve what I needed
Thanks for the heads up on 2printer though Matt.
Regards
Chris.
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com On Behalf Of Chris Davis Sent: Wednesday, 02 June 2021 13:37 To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: RE: Printing PDF's
Thanks Matt, looks good, I am hoping to find a free solution but will keep that option open if I don't.
Regards
Chris.
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com On Behalf Of Matt Slay Sent: 02 June 2021 12:26 To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Re: Printing PDF's
Check out 2Printer. I've used the trial version recently to test it. It's got a powerful command line syntax with options to set the paper size.
https://www.cmd2printer.com/ https://www.cmd2printer.com/
Here is the very complete documentation on the syntax. I was able to get a list of available printers, then I was able to get a list of defined paper sizes for my desired printer, the I was able to print a PDF tabloid (ledger, 11" X 17") from the command line.
https://www.cmd2printer.com/overview/syntax https://www.cmd2printer.com/overview/syntax
*- Matt Slay*
On 6/2/2021 3:01 AM, Chris Davis wrote:
Hi All
We are currently printing some PDF content using the shell print function that just triggers the default application for opening PDF's to do its stuff. We have a lot of A5 content which needs to printed to fit A4 paper, is there another method I could use that would give us this control.
We have tried setting defaults in Acrobat Reader but the fit to page option isn't one it retains, we are also thinking there might be a more efficient way of getting the PDF to the printer other than using the default app.
TIA
Chris.
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