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  1. #91
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    Re: HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF

    Excellent HOWTO.

    I have to say that this is one of the reasons why my post count is so low. Whatever I needs, I searches. And there be the solution!

    Great work.

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    Talking Re: HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF

    Wow, with Edgy it worked out of the box. Install the package and add the printer. Done, easier than ever.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF

    I have installed CUPS-PDF as per your instructions, but when I print anything the resulting PDF file is blank. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

    I am running Ubuntu Edgy.

    Joel

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF

    Forget about my last post. I found a newer version of CUPS-PDF and installed it and it worked fine.

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF

    Quote Originally Posted by Franko30 View Post
    Unfortunately I have to contradict that.

    HOWTOs are mostly for people not that familiar with the Terminal and commandline stuff. So I think it's nice to see where in Nautilus you can do this sort of changes.

    Maybe both (the chmod and nautilus versions) would be nice.

    Cheers

    Franko30
    Would like to comment (hoping nobody else said the same thing in the pages I didn't read... )

    Edgy does not seem to have the button mentioned in the howto in Nautilus. No option for the setuid flag. I'm pretty competent with a command line, but still don't know exactly what that flag does, and it seems Nautilus doesn't have it any more.

    So, in my situation, I still need the howto but the GUI directions caused extra confusion until I flipped through several pages of reply posts. I assume that happened because the howto was written for a different blend of Ubuntu. (Like they ALL seem to be through Google.)

    I appreciate the movement to make things easier to use in linux, but go too far and you have the opposite effect. Like those printers that only have one button now, so you sit there poking at it trying to figure out how to print a test page because the only options are on/off and page-feed, and turns out you have to hold combinations of buttons down until lights blink or un/reinstall the cartridges, or attach it to a computer and find it in software. Not easier!

    I have the same problem with the screensaver window. For some reason, between Dapper and Edgy they took out the "screensaver options" button so I'm stuck with default behavior on all of them until I can figure out how to change things. Less buttons? yes. Less options? yes. Easier? No!


    Command-line will always work the way it's written so IMO that is MUCH easier.

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    Alternative: using Terminal and CUPS web admin

    Hi, this didn't work for me (Edgy Eft; no printer drivers appeared in add printer dialog)

    So I did it like this:

    1. In Terminal,
      Code:
      sudo apt-get -uf install cups-pdf
      sudo chmod u+s /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf
      Is the chmod u+s still required?
    2. In browser, visit http://localhost:631
    3. In the CUPS web admin interface, complete the next few steps:
      1. Click Add Printer. You will be asked for a username/password that has admin rights for printers on your Ubuntu machine.
      2. Add New Printer: Enter "PDFPrinter" for name, and any values you like for Location and Description
      3. Device: Select "Virtual Printer"
      4. Make/Manufacturer: Select "Generic"
      5. Model/Driver: Select "Generic Postscript Printer Foomatic/Postscript (recommended) en"
      6. Set your preferred PDF options (eg page size, A4 for me)


    This worked fine for me. Hope it helps someone else too!

    I can confirm that in Edgy, the setuid button has vanished. But it didn't matter for me as sudo chmod u+s filename is quicker to type than sudo nautilus ... clickety clickety and has less chance of being f*cked up.

    This HOWTO might therefore need an update, although I guess not everyone has the "no printer drivers in Gnome Printer Admin" problem that I have

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF

    Quote Originally Posted by TuxCrafter View Post
    Can someone rewrite this howto to work with te cups web interface?
    http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthre...76#post2101876 sure thing TuxCrafter

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    Question Re: HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF - problem opening files

    I'm running Edgy and Cups-PDF installed very easily and runs fine, in Linux. However, when I try to open the saved pdf file on a Windows machine with Adobe Acrobat 5 (full) or Adobe Reader (versions 7 and up), the file will not open and Adobe gives an error that the file is corrupted. The file still opens just fine in Linux. Is there a setting I missed? While I can open the files (at home), I cannot share them or open them at work. Thanks!
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    Daniel

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF - problem opening files

    On my new Edgy install I followed the howto, but I do not see a PDF Printer avaialble to select ? Similarly if I try the CUPS web interface there is no selection for Virtual printer.

    Edgy failed to detect my HP deskjet 720C as well (although it did see it in dmesg, it failed to come up in Cups.

    This is what file permissions are like:
    Code:
    jose@edgy:/usr/lib/cups/backend$ ls -l
    total 216
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  7199 2006-09-22 05:39 beh
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10184 2006-10-20 19:03 bluetooth
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10508 2006-09-27 11:41 canon
    -rwsrwsrwx 1 jose  root 23824 2006-10-03 13:07 cups-pdf
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10604 2006-09-27 11:41 epson
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20496 2006-10-13 18:36 hp
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  9012 2006-10-13 18:36 hpfax
    -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 23452 2006-10-09 17:56 http
    -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 23452 2006-10-09 17:56 ipp
    -rwsr-xr-- 2 root lp   16712 2006-10-09 17:56 lpd
    -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12732 2006-10-09 17:56 parallel
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    21 2007-02-07 18:33 smb -> ../../../bin/smbspool
    -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root  9868 2006-10-09 17:56 socket
    -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 13996 2006-10-09 17:56 usb
    Any help on how to get the PDF Printer to show up?

    [EDIT]
    In the meantime have found a workaround.

    install kdeprint
    Code:
     sudo aptitude install kdeprint
    using firefox:

    File > Print > Select default printer > Properties > type "kdeprint" (in the command line box, no quotes)

    Click OK > Tick the print to File box > Print > enter your file name > Save

    You will now have a postscript file in your home folder

    Next, download the attached script, unzip it, and place it in your nautilus scripts folder
    Set as executable
    It should now show up in your Right Click on file > Scripts list

    Right Click on your recently saved postscript file > Scripts > ps2pdf

    A pdf will be created and your postscript file will be deleted

    ps2pdf.zip
    Last edited by Jose Catre-Vandis; February 13th, 2007 at 02:14 AM. Reason: Workaround found
    No longer participating......

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    Re: HOWTO: Install Cups-PDF

    This is clearly a larger issue than just printing to a PDF, but when I try to add a new printer (from System>Admin>Printing), gnome-cups-add hangs every time. I can force-quit the window and try again, but it will always crash. Are there logs somewhere that might help? Can I try to install/upgrade cups to solve a hypothetical already-solved bug?

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