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Firefox - how to print pdf files

Hi folks,

Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64
Fluxbox desktop
Firefox - 2.0.0.6
cups-pdf - 2.4.2

I have cups-pdf installed and it is now running;

$ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys status

Code:

Password:

Status of Common Unix Printing System: cupsd is running.

$ ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf

Code:

-rwsr-xr-x 1 root lp 25664 2007-03-02 23:58 /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf

But I can't find its printer on Firefox;

File -> Print -> Printer Name
Only "PostScript/default" is there.

Please help. TIA

B.R.
satimis

Have you set up a printer in CUPS?

http://localhost:631/

After a bad start, Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux does a very good job of printing. On my system, Adobe opens withing a Firefox window when I click on a pdf in a site. Very smooth.

Adobe Reader v 8.1.1
Firefox 2.0.0.7

Hi vtel57 and pixellany,

Thanks for your advice.

I neither have cups nor Acrobat Reader installed running Xpdf instead. Since this is a server I only installed limited packages of X and non-server ultils.

After struggling a while I solved my problem as follows;

On console

$ sudo apt-get install hal-cups-utils
$ sudo apt-get install cupsys-bsd

$ sudo system-config-printer

Code:

Printer Name        PDF_Printer -> Forward

Selection

Virtual Printer                Enter Device URI cups-pdf:/ -> Forward

Makes        Generic -> Forward

Models        postscript color printer rev4

Driver        cups-pdf/PostscriptColo.ppd -> Forward

-> Apply

That is all.

To print webpage on Firefox;

File -> Print -> Printer Name: CUP/cups-pdf -> Print

"PDF" directory created automatically. The .pdf file printed is kept on this directory.

Anyway thanks again for you advice..

B.R.
satimis

Glad you got it working! :)