Print to PDF file

[Mark Nichols]

Sam Przyswa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Gutsy Ubuntu desktop I created a PDF printer with
> system-config-printer.py 0.7.75 and now when I need to print a document
> in .pdf I can to choice this created printer, but when I do that I got
> the print wizard with no field to choice the file's path and if I click
> to print the wizard close but I don't know where is the file and its
> name !?
>
> It seems any file is created.
>
> What's wrong ?
>
> Sam.
>   
Using cups-pdf, here's how I did this:

$ sudo apt-get install cups-pdf

(May already be there.)

Add a new printer (system -> administration -> printing), select the 
"Print into PDF File" and click Forward.  Select "Generic" under Makes, 
and click Forward.  For Models I used "PDF File Generator." Give you new 
PDF printer a name, description (optional) and location (optional).  
Click Apply.

The output gets stored in $HOME/PDF, and unfortunately you don't get to 
pick the file name on creation.


mark
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