Printing PDF files

pixellany · 07-12-2007, 12:46 PM

I don't see much traffic on this topic, but it is a continuing issue for me. For many PDF printing jobs, I run into some kind of issue on Linux, and wind up printing from Acrobat on Windows.

The most recent case typifies the kind of issues I have had:

A document which appears to have been formatted for printing in a landscape view on (at least) 11x17. Attempts to print from both KPDF and Evince were unsuccessful (The printout was only partially on the page--regardless of settings.)
(Finally printed from Windows/Acrobat with no problems)

Acrobat for Linux (at least my version) does not let you choose printers. I will look for a later version.

Does anyone have similar issues and/or recommendations for the best PDF viewer for printing?

farslayer · 07-12-2007, 01:05 PM

aptitude install cups cups-pdf

Setup a virtual printer using the cups web interface and choose the generic Postscript driver.

Code:

it-etch:/usr/src/linux# aptitude search cups
i   cups-pdf                             - PDF printer for CUPS
i   cupsys                               - Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
i   cupsys-bsd                           - Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands
i   cupsys-client                        - Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client progr
i A cupsys-common                        - Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files
p   cupsys-driver-gimpprint              - printer drivers for CUPS
i   cupsys-driver-gutenprint             - printer drivers for CUPS
p   cupsys-pt                            - Tool for viewing/managing print jobs under CUP
i   gnome-cups-manager                   - CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME
v   libcupsimage-dev                     -
i A libcupsimage2                        - Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - image libs
i A libcupsys2                           - Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs
i A libgnomecups1.0-1                    - GNOME library for CUPS interaction
i A libgnomecupsui1.0-1c2a               - UI extensions to libgnomecups

Works great, and drops the created PDF into a folder in your home directory ( /home/username/PDF )

pixellany · 07-12-2007, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by farslayer

aptitude install cups cups-pdf

Works great, and drops the created PDF into a folder in your home directory ( /home/username/PDF )

Interesting, but it sounds like it is creating PDF files.....My issue is with printing existing PDFs

farslayer · 07-12-2007, 06:59 PM

You are correct that is for creating PDF files.. My bad I guess I didn't read the question as well as I should have.

I installed the Adobe PDF viewer for Linux, and use it for viewing and printing. Haven't had any issues with it. Yeah it's not OSS, but it is free.. no reason really to avoid it.

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

pixellany · 07-12-2007, 08:17 PM

OK--I got 7.09 thru the Mepis repositories---at least it lets you choose the printer.

Now to try this at work on the "problem" file.

I noticed also that Konquerer displays PDFs--anyone know how well this works with printing?