printing to pdf prob

James p3nndrag0n at gmail.com
Fri Apr 8 01:55:23 UTC 2011


Hi NoOp

> On 04/07/2011 04:30 PM, James wrote:
> > Hi Guys
> > 
> > Up til yesterday if I printed to a pdf file I got the entire contents of
> > what I was printing. After yesterdays updates which told me cups-
pdf was
> > deprecated and removed I think (reinstalled it via synaptic) I get 
only
> > the first page and nothing more. I've tried looking at the settings 
for
> > the pdf printer to no avail. This also happens with the print to file
> > option. Any ideas on how to correct this? btw, Ubuntu 10.04 and 
was
> > trying to print a web page.
> 
> If it's happening with print to file also then my _guess_ would be that
> it's a cups issue overall & possibly a spool problem.  Check:
> 
> /var/log/cups access and error logs to see if you can find an
> instance/error there. Also
> 
> /var/spool/cups-pdf to see if there is anything stuck there.
> 
> I'd target on the print to file (PTF) issue first. Once that's working
> then my guess is that cups-pdf will follow.
> 
> Try after restarting cups:
> 
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart
> or
> $ sudo service cups restart
> 
> then try a PTF with a multipage to see if that works. Also look at the
> logs/settings of the application you are using to print the pdf (what it
> is BTW?).
> 
> More:
> 
<http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy&hl=en&complete=0&site=webhp&sourc
> 
e=hp&q=ubuntu+%2Bprint+to+file+%2Bpdf+only+printing+first+page&btnG=Search>

OK, tried acroread as the viewer and still seeing only a single page of 
pdf so back to searching thru links

James




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