On Saturday 27 November 2004 09:56, Jay Moore wrote: >On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 18:53, VJ wrote: >> He he he. This proves I am more than half brain dead :) >> >> I used it once and the moment it tried asking about the devices >> (printer, jetdirect etc. ) I thought I was doing something stupid. >> I tried and it worked. > >Hmmm... guess I'm super-dense, but I can't see how to do this, even >after the benefit of your mistake. > >I start the app (System Settings-> Printing), select "New", and get > to the point where I'm asked to select printer mfr. and model. I > expected to find a "Print to PDF" item in the list, but there is > no such item! Where did I fall off the boat? > >Another thing that confuses me: When I select Preferences->Printing >Manager, the list presented includes "Print to File (PDF)". I think the missing clue here is probably that cups must have a valid, working, printer setup first, before the file can be re-directed to a pdf. OTOH, I could be wrong. Either way, the system must know that the src file has to be massaged and format converted by ghostscript or one of its helpers. >I'm sure this all makes perfect sense somehow, but I am struggling > to see how this fits together... can someone enlighten me? > >Thnx, >Jay -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.29% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
