How to configure CUPS

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 27 November 2004 09:56, Jay Moore wrote:
>On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 18:53, VJ wrote:
>> He he he. This proves I am more than half brain dead :)
>>
>> I used it once and the moment it tried asking about the devices
>> (printer, jetdirect etc. ) I thought I was doing something stupid.
>> I tried and it worked.
>
>Hmmm... guess I'm super-dense, but I can't see how to do this, even
>after the benefit of your mistake.
>
>I start the app (System Settings-> Printing), select "New", and get
> to the point where I'm asked to select printer mfr. and model. I
> expected to find a "Print to PDF" item in the list, but there is 
> no such item! Where did I fall off the boat?
>
>Another thing that confuses me: When I select Preferences->Printing
>Manager, the list presented includes "Print to File (PDF)".

I think the missing clue here is probably that cups must have a valid, 
working, printer setup first, before the file can be re-directed to a 
pdf.  OTOH, I could be wrong.  Either way, the system must know that 
the src file has to be massaged and format converted by ghostscript 
or one of its helpers.

>I'm sure this all makes perfect sense somehow, but I am struggling
> to see how this fits together... can someone enlighten me?
>
>Thnx,
>Jay

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