How to print to a pdf or ps file

brodo · 09-20-2007, 10:23 AM

How can I print into a file from a non-KDE-native apps like Opera or Wine ?

xgreen · 09-20-2007, 10:33 AM

in Opera there is an option to print to file. The output is Post Script and easily can be converted to pdf by

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ps2pdf

brodo · 09-20-2007, 11:28 AM

Thanks for the Opera.

But what about other non-KDE apps ? Especcialy wine related ?

I am trying now cups-pdf from: www.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/

but I cannot find any resulting pdf files.

Maybe I am little overworked today ?

trashbird1240 · 09-20-2007, 12:31 PM

You can print .ps and .pdf files directly with lpr; which
application are you using in Wine that you would like to print from?
Try finding "print to file" somewhere in the print dialog box if you
have one.

Joel

gnashley · 09-20-2007, 12:31 PM

a2ps (any to ps) can be used to create ps files.

brodo · 09-20-2007, 03:48 PM

I finally installed cups-pdf. It adds a virtual printer to a Cups printer list so it is seen by all apps.
It works and gives me a pdf file as a result of the printing.
I will test it more during next days.

fskmh · 09-21-2007, 11:46 AM

I've been using cups-pdf for some time. It dumps the pdf file in /var/spool/cups-pdf/${USER}, so I just made a symbolic link to a dir in my homedir, e.g. "pdfwriter".
Have a look at /etc/cups/cupd-pdf.conf for more details.