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
Attachment 25152
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