[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.
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