PDF backend for CUPS not working.

[Helge Blischke]

sandeep wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I tried setting up a printer which prints to a pdf file. I copied the  pdfdistiller file as pdf in /usr/lib/cups/backend as shown in http://cups.org/links.php?V53+Q. However, when I try to add the printer,I get an error like this in the logs..
> 
> I [26/Jul/2005:09:25:18 +0200] Listening to 0:631
> I [26/Jul/2005:09:25:18 +0200] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
> I [26/Jul/2005:09:25:18 +0200] Configured for up to 100 clients.
> I [26/Jul/2005:09:25:18 +0200] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
> I [26/Jul/2005:09:25:18 +0200] Full reload is required.
> I [26/Jul/2005:09:25:20 +0200] LoadPPDs: Wrote "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 3322 PPDs...
> I [26/Jul/2005:09:25:20 +0200] Full reload complete.
> E [26/Jul/2005:09:35:13 +0200] add_printer: bad device-uri attribute 'pdf:/root'!
> 
> It is not accepting pdf:/root as the device URI...
> 
> when I do a lpinfo -v, i get
> network socket
> network http
> network ipp
> network lpd
> network novell
> file pipe
> direct scsi
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=230400
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=230400
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS2?baud=230400
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS3?baud=230400
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS4?baud=230400
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS5?baud=230400
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS6?baud=230400
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS7?baud=230400
> direct usb:/dev/usblp0
> direct usb:/dev/usblp1
> direct usb:/dev/usblp2
> direct usb:/dev/usblp3
> direct usb:/dev/usblp4
> direct usb:/dev/usblp5
> direct usb:/dev/usblp6
> direct usb:/dev/usblp7
> direct usb:/dev/usblp8
> direct usb:/dev/usblp9
> direct usb:/dev/usblp10
> direct usb:/dev/usblp11
> direct usb:/dev/usblp12
> direct usb:/dev/usblp13
> direct usb:/dev/usblp14
> direct usb:/dev/usblp15
> network smb
> 
> Obviously the pdf enrty is not found here.
> 
> can anyone please tell me whats wrong here? any help would be greatly appriciated..
> 
> Thanks and regards
> Sandy

(1) You need to make the script executable in your backend directory
(2) You need to rename "pdfdistiller" to "pdf", as the script tells "pdf"
when asked for the device info
(3) You need to restart CUPS (or at least kill -HUP pidof cupsd), what you 
apparently did.

Helge

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