lpr to print files with different names and directories

Question

I have a script witch use lpr to print the output to a PDF file. I would like to change the location or even the file name of the saved file. I read several forums about lpr and did not find anything on how to specify the name and the directory of the printed pdf. Instead I always get a standard name in my PDF directory.

Thank you!

TeTeT · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-10T13:38:17.493

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Take a look at cups-pdf, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PDFPrinting . You can configure the output directory and filename with it. The configuration file is /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf.

edited Aug 10 '13 at 13:38

answered Aug 10 '13 at 13:32

TeTeT

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helpful but not what I need. There is no clue there on how to make it print on different directory. – Vagelism Aug 10 '13 at 13:50
The Out directive in the config file points to the directory where the PDF is saved to. – TeTeT Aug 10 '13 at 21:18

lpr to print files with different names and directories

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