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https://github.com/nickrussler/email-to-pdf-converter
Make a script using your email clients files and pack it in a cronjob/scheduled task.
Thanks for the reply. I don't think I fully understand what you mean.
What I would like to have is a service running on a server, fetching and printing mails. Could you please elaborate how your idea would work?
... forget it. I was about to write a long-winded answer, that you can use usual cli mail softare to fetch the eml or msg files (mails) and use the tool on them and then send the pdf to the printers (most printers use pdf internally). But then i remembered that this would be the perfect job for a python script.
But, uh, wouldn't you better just save the mails instead of printing them? Environment and cost and so on.
Gotcha. Thanks anyway. 🙂
You're right about printing not being all that, but certain situations (my situation) call for it, at least for the time being.
This is for manufacturing orders in a low tech environment, and at this point in time I need to stick with a paper trail (so I can get rid of it in the future.)