How-to create a PDF printer at Ubuntu?

[Bob Nielsen]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 01:00:42AM -0500, paretooptimum wrote:
> 
> OK. I've installed cups-pdf using Synaptic. Then I followed the
> instructuion in this Ubuntu wki (in French)
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/FrFaqTechnique#cups-pdf. 
> 
> Steps: (so far - tell me what I'm missing)
> 
> 1. Install cups-pdf in Synaptic from "Universe"
> 2. Open System/Administration/Printing
> 3. Select local printer
> 4. PDF Printer automagically appears
> 5. Next
> 6. Select "generic" and then "postscript color printer"
> 7. Test printed a page 
> 8. It doesn't work. Little printer icon appears in the panel with a red
> exclamation point. Double click to open jobs window. Job(s) are there,
> but state is Pending: Printer Stopped.
> 
> Can someone please give step 9?
> 

I didn't get past step 4.  I install cups-pdf, but no PDF printer is 
shown (there is a greyed-out "no printers detected"). ??