Print-to-PDF (cups-pdf package) not working?

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 2:46 AM, John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com> wrote:
> On 1/19/2013 7:05 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 1:13 AM, John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com> wrote:
>
> In a new installation of Quantal, I find that the PDF printer driver
> installed by cups-pdf is not working.
>
> Regular printing to an HP Laserjet under the hplip package works fine.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> In my Lubuntu 12.10 installation, cups-pdf is not installed. However I
> can create a pdf file using printing, by selecting "Print to File" as
> the printer.
>
> Do you need cups-pdf?
>
>
> Wow, you're right!  I didn't realize this capability was already there
> without cups-pdf.  Without cups-pdf, my System: Printers utility only shows
> my Laserjet, but I see that in a Print dialog with a file open, "Print to
> file" is present and PDF is an output option.
>
> (But it may be that cups-pdf actually was working.  It seems to have been
> silently saving output to ~/PDF.)

Creating PDFs, works OK for me, without cups-pdf installed.

Also the saving location is application specific, that is, each
application can create a pdf in a different location. Also, you can
change this location, inside the print dialog.


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