Print to pdf file?

Taki · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:36 am Post subject: Print to pdf file?

Stupid but true.

I managed to setup cups with my Lexmark Z24 but I can't seem to print to a pdf file. Can somebody please point me in the right direction. :oops:

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i92guboj · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:08 am Post subject: Re: Print to pdf file?

jdgill0 · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:09 am Post subject:

Taki,

There is an ebuild called net-print/cups-pdf. Maybe this will help. I use KDE and interestingly enough it shows me having a virtual pdf printer, and I don't have cups-pdf installed. So, I am not sure cups-pdf is required.
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codergeek42 · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:12 am Post subject:

jdgill0 · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:16 am Post subject:

codergeek42,

Thanks for the clarification. I suspected that was the case, but did not want to misinform by guessing so.
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Taki · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:35 am Post subject:

Thanks for the response.

I try cups-pdf and see if it does the trick since the application I want to print from is niether kde nore gnome based. I want to print from wine.
The open office export to pdf and predictive text functions were the features that made me switch from word.
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I live a life of needles and wax.
When the needle touches the wax,
I begin to breathe.

Taki · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:06 am Post subject:

Thank noble gentoo cow followers.
It worked like a charm. took a while finding the pdf's. They were in: