How to configure CUPS

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Jay Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 08:07, akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> 
> 
>>>You're thinking about:
>>>existing PDF -> programs -> paper.
>>>
>>>The rest of the thread is about:
>>>existing document *NOT* in PDF format (say, Abiword) -> print system ->
>>>PDF *instead* of paper.
>>>
>>>"Printing" to PDF is close enough to printing to paper that it makes
>>>sense to use the same mechanisms to produce a PDF.
>>>
>>
>>I just what to be sure I am learning what I think I am learning. Is
>>what is  being referred to is the possibility that cups can take a document
>>is some arbitrary format and produce a document in pdf format. Not
>>print it just produce a pdf file. 
> 
> 
> Yes - once CUPS-PDF is installed you can do that. You may want to read
> the entire thread, but here's the link to the "essential ingredient":
> 
> 
>>Have you installed cups-pdf? It is found at 
>>http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/

Well, I just went there, downlaoded the 1.6 src.rpm, rebuilt it on my 
system for FC2.  No problems.  Installed it.  restarted cups service.
Added the "virtual" PDF printer (via http://localhost:631 interface) and 
printed a test page.  It showed up in /root/job_120-Test-Page.pdf.  It 
could've somehow asked me to name the file, but otherwise it works just 
fine.  What was *not* documented (very well) was to choose the 
Postscript driver for the model name and then choose from the 2 generic 
postscript drivers (color, or B&W).  This could be a stumbling block for 
a newbie....


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