Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF
Date	2015-02-16 17:25 +0000
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On 16/02/15 17:04, Mladen Gogala wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:46:43 -0800, pureheart wrote:
>
>> Success!
>> I went to install the package and was informed that it was already
>> installed.
>>
>> Was able to go over to the printer section, add new printer, there it
>> was, installed and works as advertised.
>
> Cups-PDF internally uses Ghostscript, so don't be surprised if some jobs
> take a bit longer to "print".
>
>
>
I am fairly sure ALL CUPS uses ghostcript, it seeming to be the case 
that it turns everything into postscript first, then renders that using 
ghostscript for the particular printer if that doesn't have postcript 
support.

http://www.openprinting.org/download/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/III.PostScript-and-PPDs/III.PostScript-and-PPDs.html

In fact that seems to suggests that actually cups-pdf is the one printer 
that may NOT use ghostcript, along with  other 'postcript capable' 
printers....


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redirecting printer output to file PDF pureheart@pacbell.net - 2015-02-13 21:34 -0800
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2015-02-14 15:19 +0000
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Bill Marcum <bill.marcum57@gmail.com> - 2015-02-14 10:33 -0500
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-02-14 21:25 +0000
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2015-02-14 21:38 +0000
    Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-14 20:03 -0800
    Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF pureheart@pacbell.net - 2015-02-14 21:46 -0800
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Jack Strangio  <jackstrangio@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-14 23:20 +0000
  Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF pureheart@pacbell.net - 2015-02-15 17:46 -0800
    Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2015-02-16 17:04 +0000
      Re: redirecting printer output to file PDF The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-16 17:25 +0000

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