Printing to a file

[Werner Schram]

R Kimber wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:58:59 +0100
> Sascha Effert wrote:
>
>   
>> If you hit the print button in your application you should should be
>> able to choose between different printer, one is called "print to file"
>> or something similiar (do not know exactly, here it is in german). You
>> do not have to set up a printer manually for that.
>>     
>
> But that's my problem, there doesn't seem to be any such option.
>
> I'm less concerned about the format of the printed file, as I can probably
> convert it to another format once it is on disk.  The problem arose when I
> tried to print from a webpage in Firefox.  The default printer doesn't
> allow printing to a file, and nor does the setup process for a second
> printer.
>
> - Richard.
>   
That is strange, it should be there as far as I know. Is this option 
also missing in gedit?

Anyway, an alternative is to install the cups-pdf package. After 
installing this package, you can add a pdf printer.

Werner