Anyway, the nf configuration file contains no information about what existing ppd is being used. Leaving all default settings cupspdf works as expected. But it seems that debian has changed the location of that file in its package, and i cant get cupspdf to abide by my settings. It would have been nice to select a name while printing. You wont be able to manipulate it as your user unless you change its ownership. Once you print to the new device the output directory selected in cupspdf. Officially you should be able to set the output directory in etccupsnf using the out option. I should be able to change only the uri from the gui if i can do it from cli. When i print to pdf a web page, the images display as black placeholders. It is available under the gpl and is packaged for many different distributions or can be built directly out of the source files. I have edited the file nf and set the out key to a specific directory but the. Either click the windows logo in the bottomleft corner of the screen, or press the. Cupspdf is an opensource backend module for cups mac os xs printing system by volker c. Behr that, rather than printing to a device, prints straight to pdf.
After changing it to 777 drwxrwxrwx, cupspdf works again. Create a postscript to file cups print queue mac os x. I used to be able to use the cups pdf virtual printer to print anything to a pdf. Documents are written to a configurable directory by default to pdf or can be further manipulated by a postprocessing command. In this tutorial, i am using dropbox to sync the generated pdfs. Dosbased application saves output reportset into the file in chosen directory, dos print loads a file, converts it and prints using standard means of windows. Use chown on the directory to match the ownership of the output files ex. Now you just need to restart cups for the change to take effect. A cups pdf printer for your suse linux enterprise desktop. The 2dir backend now will write all output to directory tmppdfqueue and it will use a uniq name for each job. So, i created a link to a folder in my dropbox folder for anonymous pdf files.
Cupspdf path change doesnt work printing manjaro linux forum. As the title says i dont find any directory that cupspdf outputs to when print with evince. Change the pdf printer output directory world of open source. Then, in cd varspoolcupspdf we will have to make a link to your home directory. It is not expected that this access is required by gs and this access may signal an intrusion attempt.
Choose custom location and filename with cupspdf by. Youll have to create a directory called pdf in your home folder. Change the pdf printer output directory march 26, 2008. I never had a single issue on the same hardware, on ff14 using cupspdf. Programming a filterbackend to print to pdf with cups from any mac os x application. Note that that directory will be created automatically the first time you print to pdf. How to print pcl file output to pdf file instead of printer. Its not helpfully to make the directory of your own. You can edit etccupsnf to change different options related to cupspdf all contents are under gnu free documentation licence. Dear debian user, this bug report was submitted against a version of cups that is no longer supported in debian.
After installing cupspdf, you can print to file with lpr p pdf. No change and no particular setting, but to redirect the output directory in homecupspdf editing the etccupsnf file. Im trying to build a cups server with cupspdf and its not printing creating the pdf output. It works like a charm, but where do the pdf files go. Joe zonker brockmeier remember the paperless office. Cupspdf is designed to produce pdf files in a heterogeneous network by providing a pdf printer on the central fileserver. By now we were supposed to be handling all of our documents digitally, and saving trees by using computers to handle everything electronically. This will bring up the command prompt icon at the top of the start window.
This is just a wild guess but the best that comes to my mind yet. I try since 4 days to change the output path for the. Can one change the output path of cups pdf printer dynamically. You need userread access to this directory in order for cupspdf to work. Zinni april 2008 this example will provide information on how to print a pdf document from an application such as firefox that allows you to select a custom filename and file location without modifying the cups configuration file. Printing pdf to your samba home share debian administration.
Since every printer has a single output tray where you collect your printed sheets, cupspdf has the default output directory, hence there is no. I have been looking for a solution to print any file to pdf using a pdf printer driver. Printing pdf to your samba home share posted by anonymous 82. Print to file dialogue default directory, is it configurable page 1 of 3 31 posts. Adapting this solution results in the following cups pdf printer for your suse linux enterprise desktop. To open the projects property pages, rightclick on the project node in solution explorer and select properties.
I also removed that directory and the symbolic link and reinstalled. How do i change the default directory where pdf files are printed to. Print pdf from command line cupspdf, lpr p pdf tero. It is normally located in the etccups directory each line in the file can be a configuration directive, a blank line, or a comment. Print to file dialogue default directory, is it configurable. It is designed to produce pdf files in a heterogeneous network by providing a pdf printer on the central fileserver. Print pdf path solved newbie corner manjaro linux forum. The behavior of this feature has changed from ubuntu 7. You can change the output directory to whatever you want, but in our example a pdf would be output to homexaenncupspdfxaenn, where xaenn is the name. Since every printer has a single output tray where you collect your printed sheets, cupspdf has the default output directory, hence there is no way to mention command line options to lpr to print to a different location. Use of our limited, volunteer supported resources is best served by not keeping around old, hardwarespecific and inactive bugs for longer than desirable, so the report is.
Searching the web i found some information about these issues and a script of a cups backend which nearly meets my requirements. If youd like to make backup copies of ephemeral content without printing it out, turn your linux box into a pdf generation device for. Once you print to the new device the output directory selected in nf defaults to varspoolcupspdf will be created and all converted pdf files will be placed in subdirectories named after the owner of the print job. It took me ages to find, so i thought it should be more prominently featured. Furthermore beside linux, win clients are able to use the cups pdf printer via ipp or samba. It will convert files printed to its queue in cups to pdf and put them in a peruserbased directory structure.
Why dont you change the default output direcory to the home dir instead. I would think that cupspdf should create the directory when it is. Cupspdf is a great tool if you want to print files to pdf format. The link from usersshared is correct and points to varspoolcupspdf. Printing from dosbox if you use dos application in 64 bite windows and use dosbox as virtual computer, you can print using dosprint that. Howto install and customize cupspdf in debian debian admin. Output files are stored in your home directory under pdf subirectory. Cupspdf normally creates a directory pdf in which to save the pdfs created. The page numbers refer to the output pages and not the documents original pages options like numberup can affect. Select the appropriate tab based on your project type. All it does is provide a virtual printer which prints pdf files instead of physical sheets of paper. I came across this page, an archive of a mailing list post written by kurt pfeifle, that gives detailed instructions on how to print postscript to a file by creating a cups backend using a shell script.
Depending on which desktop system in particular gnome versus kde is installed and depending on which version of the desktop system is used and depending on which additional packages are installed, the desktop system may already provide a print to pdf or save as pdf functionality see below outofthebox so that there is no need for cupspdf. For all the configurations in cupspdf, refer official documentation. Cupspdf doesnt allow you to change the name of the resulting file, so if you want to customize the filename, use the builtin postprocessing option. I want to change the default save directory instead to downloadspdf. However, there is a directory on my system called etccupsppd and in that directory there is a. My users home directories are in localhome, so i had to change the line. This can be used as a virtual printer in a paperless network or to perform testing on cups. Print to pdf using cupspdf march 23, 2006 posted by carthik in ubuntu. You can change this directory by opening the file you mentioned etccupsnf and change the line.
For windows 8, place your mouse cursor in the topright corner of the screen, then click the magnifying glass icon when it appears. Finally, with cupspdf, you dont get a chance to change the name of the resulting pdf file before saving although for me, this is an advantage, as skipping the save dialog makes the process. Make sure if any of cupspdfs working directories e. Cupspdf needs a fully featured unixfilesystem to work. Like with any other system some time you will need to print to a pdf document to send this to someone else.
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