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cups-pdf
remus:
Hi all, I just had a crack at setting up cups-pdf
I got the extension installed but did not see the cups-pdf.ppd file in /etc/cups
did I do something wrong ???
Also I cant find the search feature on the forum to look for an answer ?
tinypoodle:
--- Quote from: remus on March 27, 2011, 05:10:25 AM ---Also I cant find the search feature on the forum to look for an answer ?
--- End quote ---
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Juanito:
note that cups-pdf goes with cups, which uses /usr/local/etc
remus:
Heres how I setup cups1311
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=8991.0
After advice in the forum reference above i've put my cups files in /etc/cups
Just for the hell off it, I had a look at the info file for cups-pdf (I"m using cups-pdf1331) and see the following line
--- Code: ---choose /usr/local/share/cups/model/CUPS-PDF.ppd
--- End code ---
Sooo, I check out the dir and find a bunch of .ppd files, including the one i'm looking for CUPS-PFD.ppd and I think, no problem, i'll just copy the files to /etc/cups/ppd and get back to the cups browser interface for cups-pdf installation....
So I navigate to the dir i found and cp * /etc/cups/ppd and get a prompt to overwrite for each file....
So I think ooook, perhaps the files do infact exist and I have to be root to see them ??? so I su and login as root, and ls at /etc/cups/ppd and Nothing....
Hmmmm ok i'm going to copy all the .ppd files I found at /usr/local/share/cups/model/ to /etc/cups/ppd
I then setup cups-pdf1331 as a printer using minefield in tinycore linux using the .ppd file I found
More surprises- according to the cups-pdf1331 info file jobs will be printed to /home/tc/cups-pdf I noticed the folder was not created when the extension was installed, so I thought, ok that must be linux efficiency, I bet the folder gets created when I print something to the virtual pdf printer, so I access cups admin via minefield in tiny core linux and run a test print on the cups-pdf printer, the folder is still not created, so I do a print from the minefield window and the folder and the print job get created :) I've also added home/tc/cups-pdf to my /opt/.filetool.lst file (By the way if /opt/.filetool.lst already has home in it, do all sub folders get added by default ???)
I also noticed that I do not have a /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf file I also looked in /usr/local/share/cups/ I'm guessing that it must be somewhere,
Ok, the journey continues, i can print to pdf from tiny core linux. BUT thats not the real objective, I was trying to setup a cups pdf server for windows clients, I know I can get free pdf printer plugins for windows and am in fact already using them, I just want to see if linux can do it :)
From windows add new printer wizard I can connect to the printer with : http://192.168.157.133:631/printers/cups-pdf then windows asks me for a driver, duh of course it would right ?? So i'm hitting google right now. One guy says to use generic / MS Publisher Color Printer > and windows seems fine with it, but when I print from windows to that cups-pdf printer I get no response, checking the cups browser interface shows the jobs as completed, but nothing is turning up in /home/tc/cups-pdf
Juanito:
all I can say is that cups-pdf (as opposed to cups1311-pdf) works fine with cups (as opposed to cups1311) when shared with windows machines for me...
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