Print to File settings

[DaveGK]

DaveGK wrote:
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> I would like to change the defaults for Print to File option - file type 
> to pdf and output directory to [my_dir_name].
> There's also a matter of page size - even though locale is UK, Print to 
> File insists on US Letter size "paper" and doesn't give any option to 
> change it.
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> There must be a simple enough way to change these defaults?

For anyone interested, I have managed to change the settings in question
- see post #7 in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1228123

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Cheers,
Dave