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On 14 Jun 2012 11:18, <stinga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> G'day all,
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> I need to generate a invoice from a system.
> The system is remote and I need to proint locally.
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> Don't really care about how I get the data from the remote system to the printer.
>
> What I need is a way to generate customer documents, postscript would be good.
> Does anybody do this or what could I use, still searching myself.
Lots of good ideas already, here's a few more thoughts.
1. Set up your local printer as a network printer in CUPS on the remote system. Bingo, no more remote/local dimension to the problem!
2. Bear in mind that CUPS prints PDF just as happily as Postscript.
3. Consider Libre/Open Office's mail merge feature for generating your invoices in a WYSIWYG way.
4. If you're feeling keen, I'd enjoy showing you my approach: plain text with ultra-minimal markup -> emacs org-mode -> html/latex/pdf.
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