On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 16:11 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > I want to automatically create a .ps file from a html file using a script on > this FC6 machine. > > It seems to me that OpenOffice should fit this bill as it can load a html file > and print to a PostScript file. However, doing this automatically from the > commandline is becoming a challenge. > > I thought I might be able to set up a printer using spadmin that would simply > print to a file, then use a command like: > > ooffice -pt textfileprinter document.html > > Unfortunately, I have run into a roadblock here in that, on my installation of > OpenOffice, when I run /usr/lib/openoffice.org2.0/program/spadmin and select > "new printer" the options "Add a printer" (and "Import printers from a > StarOffice intallation", though this one is not relevant) are greyed out and > the only selections that I can make are "Connect a fax device" or "Connect a > PDF converter". > > So how can I add a printer to OpenOffice that will print to a Postscript file? I might have the syntax wrong - but I think it can be done in AbiWord via abiword --print=foo.ps foo.html abiword is in extras You might need a plugin in AbiWord to open html files, I don't know.
