[cups.general] Re: Dumping the final print stream

Klaus Singvogel kssingvo at suse.de
Wed Dec 15 05:39:51 PST 2004


Helge Blischke wrote:
> Oliver wrote:
> > 
> > To debug how do you 'dump the final print stream to file' instead of sending it to the intended printer.
> > 
> > Thanks for your time
> 
> (1) shut down CUPS
> (2) edit your printers.conf as follows:
>     a) comment out the DeviceURI line of the printer to test
>     b) insert the line
>        DeviceURI file:/var/tmp/mydump.ps
> (3) start CUPS
> Then print your test job.
> Afterwards, revert to the prvious configuration.

Don't forget to set the "FileDevice Yes" option in your
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf

Regards,
	Klaus.
-- 
Klaus Singvogel
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5                     E-Mail: Klaus.Singvogel at SuSE.de
90409 Nuernberg                   Phone: +49 (0) 911 740530
Germany                           GnuPG-Key-ID: 1024R/5068792D  1994-06-27





More information about the cups mailing list