Saturday, September 16, 2006

Ubuntu pdf-cups printer (Dapper)

(See update post for Edgy)
To print anything to pdf, do this:
1. Install cups-pdf using synaptic
2. Open a terminal and type:
sudo chmod +s /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf
3. Go to System->Administration-> Printing and click to add a new printer.
4. Select Local Printer & Use A Detected Printer
5. Click on PDF Printer
6. Choose "Generic" as the manufacturer
7. Choose "postscript color printer rev3b"
8. Leave the driver set to "Standard (suggested)"
It will save the pdfs in a PDF folder within your Home folder
My thanks to this blog (which has a ton of other ubuntu guides as well) for these instructions!

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