SPUG: html->pdf conversion?

[Alan]

Is that a realistic option for a potentially busy internet server?  I'm
confident enough in os/x, but nowadays for complex systems people won't
even let perl run outside the apache process.... what happens if you get
10 hits/second (or even 1 a second)?  Would applescript + distiller be
able to keep up? 

I don't think that's a viable option, but it is an interesting thought
:)

On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 10:41:46PM -0700, Daryn Nakhuda wrote:
> ahh.. but if you did have access to a osx box, you could automate joshua's
> suggestion using applescript.
> 
> 
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> From: "Alan" <alan at ufies.org>
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> Subject: Re: SPUG: html->pdf conversion?
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> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 05:00:12PM -0700, Joshua Keroes wrote:
> > > If you have access to a Mac OSX box, here's a pretty easy alternative:
> > > 1. Run a webbrowser like Safari.
> > > 2. Go to the URL in question.
> > > 3. Print... | Save as PDF...
> >
> > Not really reasonable for a server, I'd hate to see the webmonkey
> > clicking save as pdf in a slashdotting :)
> >
> > Sorry, should have specified before, this is for an online project,
> > where designs are submitted in HTML, stored, and then output combined
> > with user input as a PDF suitable for printing, etc.
> >
> > alan
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