I'm doing this inside a Dockerized CUPS so may not work as hoped for you. Install the non snap version of CUPS Login via SSH or get a terminal up and copy cups-pdf.conf to cups-pdf-[slug_name_here].conf e.g. Open cups-pdf-test.conf and edit the out folder Note: When...
James McDonald
Clean Graphics Driver with DDU
https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-driver-uninstaller-DDU- Be careful you have to find the actual DDU and not all the misleading download links How to use: https://youtu.be/F8OLhUAPDq0?si=phauUo0Cqt6zyXYV
MSP – Information
Great resource website and community for MSP's https://thetechtribe.com/
Docker Desktop on Ubuntu 24.10 on Proxmox (Nested Virtualization)
kvm-ok says that it is not supported sudo kvm-ok INFO: Your CPU does not support KVM extensions KVM acceleration can NOT be used Restarting after changing CPU to 'host' did the trick! I have an AMD that supports virtualization KVM Hardware virt is on but Docker...
Check for Valid PDF on Linux Command Line
Just become a first time user of PDFgear and found it exiting with a .NET Runtime Event ID 1026 error when opening a PDF. The PDF I was trying to load and edit was generated by a web application that in turn generated PDF's using GLabels. So I needed a way to see if...
PDFgear an Adobe PDF Pro Alternative
Adobe PDF Pro is getting close to $30AUD a month and at almost $350 per user / per year that is a big spend. The other problems is the constant nag to push you into the Adobe Cloud and then the continued account drain to have something available that you might only...
Exetel Speed Boost
I normally have 100/40 connection but just trying out Exetel Speed Boost which is 250/25 Worth doing if you have a big download or two to do...
Australian Cyber Security
Australian Gov. Cyber Security Websites with information on recommended Cyber Standards https://www.asd.gov.au/about/what-we-do/cyber-security https://www.cyber.gov.au/learn-basics...
Testing the private/protected methods of a PHP Trait
The Trait <?php declare(strict_types=1); namespace App\Lib\Help\Traits; trait HelpServiceShellExecTrait { protected function shellExec(string $cmd) { // redirect stderr so we can see the output // if the command fails return trim((string) shell_exec(sprintf('%s...
How to create a one-line Powershell command in Task Scheduler
In this example I am creating a task to restart a service without first creating and calling a batch script (.bat, .cmd) using a powershell one-liner. For example C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -command "Restart-Service -Name 'Dhcp'" rem...
Warning Unifi UDM and UDR do NOT Support PoE+
Just had a situation where a newly installed Unifi U7 Pro was plugged into the PoE port on a UDR, it worked but showed a warning message in the Unifi UI (See following quote and the image below) The access point is connected to a port, which does not supply sufficient...
Alternative to pgAdmin4 on Arm 64 Linux
I have an instance of Arm 64 Ubuntu 24.04 running inside VMWare Fusion on a Macbook Pro M1 Pgadmin4 is NOT available in an arm64 build So an alternative is DBeaver Download and untar the ARM 64 version...
Mailpit a good upgrade from Mailhog
So I've been using mailhog to catch my development emails for a few years. But noticed that some of the inline images weren't rendered in the mailhog GUI and the mailhog docker image hadn't been updated for a few years So I've switched to Mailpit which seems to have a...
Zebra Print Language – GS1 Online Testing
Go here to view the compiled results of your ZPL https://labelary.com/viewer.html Print the above to PDF / PNG and then upload a graphic of it to. To see the tokenized results of the barcode. https://www.aidecoder.com The above will not tell you if you have valid...
Template Change
Today I changed my Divi template to the "Simple" layout theme. As part of the change I removed a number of pages including web hosting and other offerings. I retained my certifications and services pages. Some services websites drive business but in my case website...
Visio 2019 Installs Onenote 2016 and then Onenote constantly crashes
Latest version of Windows 11 Installed Microsoft 365 apps from my licensed Microsoft Partner Microsoft Action Pack (MAP) by logging into office.com and downloading the Office installer from there. Later installed the MAP software benefit provided Visio 2019 64 bit and...
Toggle IPv6 on and off with powershell
This script elevates to Administrator if needed and then toggles IPv6 support on the adaptor specified depending on what it currently is # Self-elevate the script if required if (-Not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal]...
FOP-2.9 and BARCODE4J 2.2.4
3 years ago I got Apache FOP working with the Sourceforge version of Barcode4J: https://toggen.com.au/it-tips/implement-sscc-label-printing-using-apache-fop-and-xml/ The source forge version of Barcode4J dates from 2015 it has been forked, is now hosted on Github at...