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I need a software, that emulates a printer, converts the printed documents to PDF/TIFF and send it via eMail to a specified address (for windows).
The virtual printer / PDF conversion is possible with a lot of PDF-converters. But I need a software, which is also able to directly mail me these PDFs. It's always the same mailaddress, and I have an SMTP server.
Any suggestions?
aebersold
Posted 2012-05-02T09:29:17.547
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At least a couple commercial solutions:
Print2Email, from Black Ice, $39 single user
PEERNET.DRV, from Hallogram, $119 single user
Black Ice's offering looks better - can even be configured to just send directly via SMTP, without using a local email client.
Print to PDF using any of the converters mentioned to a specially named folder (eg print-to-mail). Then use a cron job (Linux/Mac) or Windows Task Scheduler to periodically scan `print-to-email, email it, and delete from the directory.
ckhan
Posted 2012-05-02T09:29:17.547
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There was a software called YAFPC (Yet Another Free PDF Composser) that did exactly what you are asking.
It's website is dead but you may find it on some mirror/archive.
marc.fargas
Posted 2012-05-02T09:29:17.547
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Commercial solution: I think the most advanced one I've seen is Print&Share ( http://www.printandshare.info ).
This one is worth every penny.
juFo
Posted 2012-05-02T09:29:17.547
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Please read How do I recommend software for some tips as to how you should go about recommending software. You should provide at least a link, some additional information about the software itself, and how it can be used to solve the problem in the question.
– DavidPostill – 2016-07-08T11:19:14.533
I'm sure there is a better / more elegant way to do this. – aebersold – 2012-05-09T14:08:04.483
Added notes on a few commerical solutions that do exactly this. – ckhan – 2012-05-11T04:47:35.327
Instead of a cron job, you could just use a shell script that converts to PDF and emails it immediately afterwards (and deleting the file when finished). In Windows, you could include this script as a target for the
Send Tocontext menu. Linux doesn't have such a context menu by default, but it can be set up with one. Though the idea of a folder where you can drop files directly into an email account is interesting. I'd useinotifyto monitor the directory for a file to be dropped into it. This way the file gets sent the instant a file is put in that folder. – Lèse majesté – 2012-05-11T05:55:17.407print2mail ist not perfect, but it does the job. – aebersold – 2012-09-19T13:31:57.243