Re: Alternative for printer-driver-cups-pdf?

2017-05-03 Thread Felix Natter
hi Jason, Jason writes: > According to the screenshot you included, the 'Print to File' option is > checked. This is my guess as to why a postscript was produced. That option > should not be checked when printing to cups-pdf. Yes, that makes sense. If I don't check thi

Re: Alternative for printer-driver-cups-pdf?

2017-05-03 Thread Felix Natter
tive for PDF printing (from any application >> >> that can print) to printer-driver-cups-pdf? >> >> >> >> The output of printer-driver-cups-pdf (in jessie and sid) >> >> is really bad, see: >> >> http://www2.inf.fh-brs.de/~fnatte2s/free

Re: Alternative for printer-driver-cups-pdf?

2017-05-02 Thread Jason
On Tue, 02 May 2017 20:04:55 +0200 Felix Natter wrote: >hello Brian, > >Brian writes: >> On Tue 02 May 2017 at 18:12:18 +0200, Felix Natter wrote: >> >>> does anybody know an alternative for PDF printing (from any application >>> that can print) to print

Re: Alternative for printer-driver-cups-pdf?

2017-05-02 Thread Brian
On Tue 02 May 2017 at 20:04:55 +0200, Felix Natter wrote: > hello Brian, Hello Felix. > Brian writes: > > On Tue 02 May 2017 at 18:12:18 +0200, Felix Natter wrote: > > > >> does anybody know an alternative for PDF printing (from any application > >> that c

Re: Alternative for printer-driver-cups-pdf?

2017-05-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 02 May 2017 19:04:55 Felix Natter wrote: > I tried renaming the file to freeplane.ps, and get the same result when > viewing with evince ;-) Renaming is generally a waste of time in Linux, which looks at the file not the file extension. You are thinking of Another OS. ;-) Lisi

Re: Alternative for printer-driver-cups-pdf?

2017-05-02 Thread Felix Natter
hello Brian, Brian writes: > On Tue 02 May 2017 at 18:12:18 +0200, Felix Natter wrote: > >> does anybody know an alternative for PDF printing (from any application >> that can print) to printer-driver-cups-pdf? >> >> The output of printer-driver-cups-pdf (in je

Re: Alternative for printer-driver-cups-pdf?

2017-05-02 Thread Brian
On Tue 02 May 2017 at 18:12:18 +0200, Felix Natter wrote: > does anybody know an alternative for PDF printing (from any application > that can print) to printer-driver-cups-pdf? > > The output of printer-driver-cups-pdf (in jessie and sid) > is really bad, see: > http://

Alternative for printer-driver-cups-pdf?

2017-05-02 Thread Felix Natter
hello Debian users! does anybody know an alternative for PDF printing (from any application that can print) to printer-driver-cups-pdf? The output of printer-driver-cups-pdf (in jessie and sid) is really bad, see: http://www2.inf.fh-brs.de/~fnatte2s/freeplane.pdf (might not be viewable by in

cups pdf printing from wine

2016-06-26 Thread iii_iii
Hi, I have been trying to print to pdf from wine. In my latest attempt I am using debian 8, 32 bit in a virtual machine. I downloaded the source for wine and compiled it, and the source for cups pdf. But I always get a message saying I need to set up a printer before I can print from notepad. I

Re: installed cups-pdf package; now what?

2013-06-24 Thread Brian
On Sun 23 Jun 2013 at 23:39:30 -0700, Dan B. wrote: > Where are the instructions for what to do after installing the cups-pdf > package, to have the virtual to-PDF printer appear (e.g. in "lpstat -a" > output) and be able to print to PDF? > > The files /usr/share/doc/c

installed cups-pdf package; now what?

2013-06-23 Thread Dan B.
Where are the instructions for what to do after installing the cups-pdf package, to have the virtual to-PDF printer appear (e.g. in "lpstat -a" output) and be able to print to PDF? The files /usr/share/doc/cups-pdf/... don't seem to have any such instructions. (I tried

Re: LPR job via cups-lpd + CUPS + cups-pdf

2013-06-12 Thread Patrick Zaloum
It turns out these are HP PCL control codes (Thanks Mark N) I resolved my problem by first filtering the input through ghost-pcl to convert it to a CUPS input friendly format and then was able to generate my PDF file output. On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Brian wrote: > On Tue 11 Jun 2013 at

Re: LPR job via cups-lpd + CUPS + cups-pdf

2013-06-12 Thread Brian
On Tue 11 Jun 2013 at 12:01:19 -0400, Patrick Zaloum wrote: > If I remove the control characters from my local copy of the print job and > resubmit it, the PDF gets produced. Otherwise the process ends with an > unrecoverable ghostscript error -1 and a blank PDF. Using a basic text-only > printer

LPR job via cups-lpd + CUPS + cups-pdf

2013-06-11 Thread Patrick Zaloum
-lpd listening on port 515 and receiving the print job. Job is sent through CUPS to a PDF printer (cups-pdf driver) for archival. My problem is that the job seems to be prefixed with printer control characters which is causing problems when it hits CUPS. The spool file is incomplete (/var/spool/cups

Re: something about cups-pdf

2012-12-28 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:54:31AM +0800, lina wrote: > :/var/spool# ls -lrt cups-pdf/ > total 8 > drwxrwxrwt 2 root lpadmin 4096 Dec 27 2011 ANONYMOUS > drwxr-x--x 2 root lpadmin 4096 May 12 2012 SPOOL Same here: root@*:/var/spool/cups-pdf# ls -l total 8 drwxrwxrwt 2

Re: something about cups-pdf

2012-12-27 Thread berenger . morel
Le 27.12.2012 17:54, lina a écrit : :/var/spool# ls -lrt cups-pdf/ total 8 drwxrwxrwt 2 root lpadmin 4096 Dec 27 2011 ANONYMOUS drwxr-x--x 2 root lpadmin 4096 May 12 2012 SPOOL Is it normal? What does the ANONYMOUS for? drwxrwxrwt ? Thanks, Sounds like it's the file name for me.

something about cups-pdf

2012-12-27 Thread lina
:/var/spool# ls -lrt cups-pdf/ total 8 drwxrwxrwt 2 root lpadmin 4096 Dec 27 2011 ANONYMOUS drwxr-x--x 2 root lpadmin 4096 May 12 2012 SPOOL Is it normal? What does the ANONYMOUS for? drwxrwxrwt ? Thanks, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Re: CUPS-PDF

2012-01-10 Thread Martin, Larry D
Thank you! I am trying to learn a little about Linux in my spare time. I really appreciate the help..Larry Larry D. Martin Mainframe Systems Support Office of Information Technology and Communications 301.883.7335

Re: CUPS-PDF

2012-01-10 Thread Camaleón
job to be printed as root user? By default, the path for the stored PDF is the user's home but yes, this can be changed. Read "file:///usr/share/doc/cups-pdf/README.Debian". Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Re: CUPS-PDF

2012-01-10 Thread SM
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 01:02:50PM -0500, Martin, Larry D wrote: > Thanks. I went to the http interface and saw that they showed as > completed. However, they went to /root/PDF. Can I direct the > output somewhere else? Not print as root user? -- :wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Re: CUPS-PDF

2012-01-10 Thread Martin, Larry D
Camale�n Thanks. I went to the http interface and saw that they showed as completed. However, they went to /root/PDF. Can I direct the output somewhere else? Thanks again,..Larry Larry D. Martin Mainframe Systems Support Office of Information Technology and Communications 301.88

Re: CUPS-PDF

2012-01-10 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:24:45 -0500, Martin, Larry D wrote: (please, disable html message formatting, it's barely unreadable and very annoying to remove) > I have Cups and Cups-pdf installed on an x86 Squeeze. It was working > and now all I get is a request id or job number. How do

CUPS-PDF

2012-01-10 Thread Martin, Larry D
I have Cups and Cups-pdf installed on an x86 Squeeze. It was working and now all I get is a request id or job number. How do I get this going again? Thanks, Larry Larry D. Martin Mainframe Systems Support Office of Information Technology and Communications 301.883.7335

Re: cups-pdf [Solved]

2008-11-04 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 22:15:54 +0100 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 03 November 2008, Celejar wrote: ... > > I had a very similar problem recently, which Florian helped me to solve > > (with great patience and graciousness). The thread begins here: ... > Thanks! You're welcome! T

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/04/08 16:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: cups-pdf Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:22:52 -0600 On 11/04/08 14:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-04 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: cups-pdf >Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:22:52 -0600 > >>On 11/04/08 14:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Or

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/04/08 14:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: cups-pdf Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:12:54 -0600 [snip] Don't most ISPs give each customer a "personal web page" with a small quot

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-04 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: cups-pdf >Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:12:54 -0600 > >>On 11/02/08 12:42, Chris wrote: >>> On Sunday 02 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: >>>

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/02/08 12:42, Chris wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: I am getting very poor results printing to pdf from Firefox, it seems to have worked better in the past. Changing the settings for image resolution does not

Re: cups-pdf [Solved]

2008-11-03 Thread Chris
On Monday 03 November 2008, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:00:47 +0100 > > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 03 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > > > When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > > > > On Sunday 02 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > > > > >

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-03 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:00:47 +0100 Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 03 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > > When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > > > On Sunday 02 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > > > > When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote:

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-03 Thread Michael Iatrou
When the date was Monday 03 November 2008, Chris wrote: > On Monday 03 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > > When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > > > On Sunday 02 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > > > > When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > > > > >

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-03 Thread H.S.
.8-1lenny2Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files ii cups-pdf 2.4.8-3 PDF printer for CUPS ii cupsys 1.3.8-1lenny2Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package) ii cupsys-bsd 1.3.8-1lenny2

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-03 Thread Chris
On Monday 03 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > > On Sunday 02 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > > > When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > > > > I am getting very poor results printing to pdf from Firefox, it see

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-03 Thread Michael Iatrou
When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > On Sunday 02 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > > When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > > > I am getting very poor results printing to pdf from Firefox, it seems > > > to have worked better in the past. Changing the

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-02 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Chris wrote: On Sunday 02 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: I am getting very poor results printing to pdf from Firefox, it seems to have worked better in the past. Changing the settings for image resolution does not help. Have you tr

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-02 Thread Chris
On Sunday 02 November 2008, Michael Iatrou wrote: > When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > > I am getting very poor results printing to pdf from Firefox, it seems to > > have worked better in the past. Changing the settings for image > > resolution does not help. > > Have you tr

Re: cups-pdf

2008-11-02 Thread Michael Iatrou
When the date was Sunday 02 November 2008, Chris wrote: > I am getting very poor results printing to pdf from Firefox, it seems to > have worked better in the past. Changing the settings for image > resolution does not help. Have you tried printing to Postscript and the converting it to pdf usin

cups-pdf

2008-11-02 Thread Chris
I am getting very poor results printing to pdf from Firefox, it seems to have worked better in the past. Changing the settings for image resolution does not help. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Chris installed version of cups-pdf is... ii cups-pdf

Postprocessing script for cups-pdf

2008-02-20 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
I have written a PostProcessing script in python for cups-pdf which pops up a notification using libnotify and gives the user the option of viewing the result. It is working fine, but if the user decides to view the file, all the other jobs to the pdf printer are held in queue till the viewing

Re: Printing to CUPS-PDF from Iceweasel

2008-01-01 Thread Celejar
x27;s a persistant change, so > it should only have to be done once. > > This will cause the kprinter dialog to run you select "print", and the > CUPS-PDF printer becomes easily available along with faxing, remote > printers, the works. > > A friend of mine has no

Printing to CUPS-PDF from Iceweasel

2007-12-25 Thread Curt Howland
ialog and select the default/postscript printer, select "properties", and change the command from "lpr..." to "kprinter...". It's a persistant change, so it should only have to be done once. This will cause the kprinter dialog to run you select "pri

Re: How to set up cups-pdf as default printer?

2007-10-24 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 10:18:18AM -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El mié, 24-10-2007 a las 11:33 +0200, Avi Rozen escribió: > > Amit Uttamchandani wrote: ... > > > There are no man pages for cups-pdf either. I am not too familiar with > > > cups so I apologize if thi

Re: How to set up cups-pdf as default printer?

2007-10-24 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
El mié, 24-10-2007 a las 11:33 +0200, Avi Rozen escribió: > Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > > Recently hear that ubuntu 7.10 has a PDF printer enabled by default. I did > > some digging around and found that this was accomplished through the use

Re: How to set up cups-pdf as default printer?

2007-10-24 Thread Avi Rozen
Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey guys, > > Recently hear that ubuntu 7.10 has a PDF printer enabled by default. I did > some digging around and found that this was accomplished through the use of > cups-pdf. > > So I went ahead and installed it using aptitude. Now,

How to set up cups-pdf as default printer?

2007-10-24 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
Hey guys, Recently hear that ubuntu 7.10 has a PDF printer enabled by default. I did some digging around and found that this was accomplished through the use of cups-pdf. So I went ahead and installed it using aptitude. Now, I can access the cups settings from http://localhost:631 but I don&#

Re: cups-pdf

2007-06-26 Thread Mirco Piccin
Thanks! if [ `echo $2 | grep -ce "\.[Pp][Dd][Ff]"` -le 0 ] > then > echo `date` " - ERR: This scripts accepts only PDF format as > input file!!! ($2)" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 > exit 1 > fi This is IMO too Windows-like -- just relying on a filename to guess content. I'd do it like this: if [

Re: cups-pdf

2007-06-26 Thread Dan H
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:17:29 +0200 "Mirco Piccin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if [ `echo $2 | grep -ce "\.[Pp][Dd][Ff]"` -le 0 ] > then > echo `date` " - ERR: This scripts accepts only PDF format as > input file!!! ($2)" >> $LOGFILE 2>&1 > exit 1 > fi This is IMO too Windows-like -- ju

Re: cups-pdf

2007-06-21 Thread Mirco Piccin
nted file name) So, in the /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf 'PostProcessing' section i write: ... PostProcessing /usr/local/bin/watermark_pdf my_background_file.pdf The second parameters (the printed file name) is passed directly from cups-pdf. It will permit you to use print all your doc

Re: cups-pdf

2007-06-21 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi! Hi, I would like to know if there is a way to change the overlay/watermark text in cups-pdf... The one that say, for example, "Company Private" ... Thanks... I'm not a guru, but i think that it could be a solution.... in cups-pdf configuration file (/etc/cups/cups-pdf.

cups-pdf

2007-06-21 Thread Miguel J. Jiménez
Hi, I would like to know if there is a way to change the overlay/watermark text in cups-pdf... The one that say, for example, "Company Private" ... Thanks... -- .-. | Miguel

Bug in cups-pdf or in samba ?

2007-01-19 Thread Markus . Grunwald
Hello, I'm about to write a bug report to cups-pdf, yet I'm not really sure if it is the right address. Do you know the following problem? I use cups-pdf together with samba. cups-pdf works just fine on the linux pc, but there is a problem, when the printer is accessed via samba.

Errors using cups-pdf

2004-11-29 Thread Arrizabalaga, Saioa
) D [29/Nov/2004:17:41:34 +0100] StartJob: backend = "/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" D [29/Nov/2004:17:41:34 +0100] StartJob: filterfds[0] = [ -1 10 ] D [29/Nov/2004:17:41:34 +0100] start_process("/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf", 0xbfff00e0, 0xbffef450, 9, 10, 8) I [29/Nov