[SOLVED] Open PDF file in viewer automatically after creating by PDF printer.

Howling-Wolf · 10-25-2017, 09:28 AM

Hi all,

Is there any possibility to use any kind of pdf printer which has an option to open the file in a default viewer after creating. Just like in Windows there are plenty of pdf printers (both commercial and free) with this function as default.

Now I use cups-pdf. No problem with it, just I have to open the PDF directory and find the created file and then click on it to open.

Looking for any solution to print-to-pdf-and-view-at-once. Any suggestion welcome.

Mike

michaelk · 10-25-2017, 10:05 AM

One fairly easy solution would be to use inotify/incrond. In a nutshell it watches the PDF directory for newly created files and then have it run a script to open the file via your pdf viewer.

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-...e-directories/

The exact commands to start incrond would depend on your distribution/version particularly if it is using systemd.

Howling-Wolf · 10-25-2017, 02:13 PM

Thank you for quick reply. I will give it a go and come back later. Maybe will need a little bit help to fine tune it...
BTW I use Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64bit.

Howling-Wolf · 10-25-2017, 06:01 PM

Sorry but this solution doesn't work: for me (and some other users) doesn't fire any command however the logfile shows that the command has been initiated. Another users reported that it fires randomly.
So still no solution. Any other idea...?

michaelk · 10-25-2017, 06:32 PM

Might be that you have to add a display prior to running the script/command.

export display=:0 && evince ...

I don't have time to research more at the moment.

allend · 10-25-2017, 08:47 PM

Take a look at the PostProcessing option in your cups-pdf.conf. As an example https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1382024

ondoho · 10-26-2017, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

Take a look at the PostProcessing option in your cups-pdf.conf. As an example https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1382024

nice!
what a little web search can come up with...

michaelk · 10-26-2017, 02:37 AM

Definitely, completely forgot about postprocessing.

Howling-Wolf · 11-03-2017, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

Take a look at the PostProcessing option in your cups-pdf.conf. As an example https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1382024

Thank you for suggestion, it really works, but strictly with no apparmor/SElinux enabled to cups.
Thread solved. Good luck for everybody!