in reply to Windows print driver

My condolences. Even generic people using facebook can upload files so you must be facing some serious users.

It sounds like a print driver will also be too complicated and won't work out. I expect there will be a lot of strange documents being sent to you and a lot of oddly similar complaints about the printer not working.

You might also consider giving them an address they can send attachments to.

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Re^2: Windows print driver
by ksublondie (Friar) on Nov 10, 2015 at 21:01 UTC
    "Serious" users? No. Just lazy. Heaven forbid they actually DO something. Thank you for the well wishes. I need it today.

    I figured a driver would be cumbersome. Of course, I've been surprised before. Sometimes the easiest things are the things you assume are going to be difficult and vice versa.

    An email sounds interesting and I could easily implement it. However, it would be the same number of steps. This system is replacing a complicated duct-tape and bailing wire scenario. Right now, they are using a print driver to generate and save the pdf's to a network location, never to be seen again...especially if they didn't put them in the correct location in the first place (not that it ever happens...cough, cough). Filling out a web form, remembering where they saved their file, selecting the files, and then deleting them? That's just "too much work".

    I move mountains with the holy spirit of perl and it's not good enough. I'm dumbfounded right now...

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      <mode="funny"> Perhaps in this case, "users" is synonym for "issues"? </mode>
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        I've always thought my code would be perfect if it weren't for the end users.
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