Ubuntu print to pdf; install a PDF printer

To install a pdf printer in Ubuntu, simply do the following:

  1. Install printer:
    sudo apt-get install cups-pdf
  2. Print something and make sure to select PDF as the printer.
  3. Your printed pdfs will be now be available in ~/PDF for example: /home/user/PDF/printed.pdf

3 comments

  1. anonymous

    Or, when printing, select the "Print to File" printer and change the Output format from Postscript to PDF.

  2. anonymous

    The "Print to File" option doesn't work in non-gtk apps, then is when cups-pdf is usefull (from wine, java...)

  3. anonymous

    great thanks :)

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