[cups] What is a "virtual_PDF_Printer"?

[ToddAndMargo]

On 09/03/2015 02:12 AM, Johannes Meixner wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Sep 2 11:28 ToddAndMargo wrote (excerpt):
>> $ rpm -qa cups\*
>> cups-1.6.3-17.el7_1.1.x86_64
>> cups-pdf-2.6.1-7.el7.x86_64
>
> Regardless that "cups-pdf" starts with "cups" it is
> no software from CUPS upstream but totally seperated
> software from
> http://www.cups-pdf.de/
>
> For general information regarding "Printing to PDF"
> you may have a look at
> https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printing_to_PDF
>
>
> FYI:
>
> Also some other RPMs like "cups-filters" are not
> from CUPS upstream but totally seperated software.
>
> For example "cups-filters" that is from the
> OpenPrinting workgroup of the Linux Foundation, see
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/cups-filters
>
> and
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/pdf_as_standard_print_job_format
>
>
> To find out whereto a binary RPM package belongs
> you can use
>
> $ rpm -qi <package_name>
>
> and in its output check what the "Source RPM" is.
>
> Usually the "Source RPM" name indicates what the
> actual upstream source of a binary RPM is and
> the "URL" line in a "rpm -qi" output should usually
> point to the upstream project of that software.
>
>
> Kind Regards
> Johannes Meixner


Thank you!

When I built the 2.0.4 tar ball (rpmbuild -ta tarball), I
got the following back:

cups-2.0.4-1.src.rpm               cups-devel-2.0.4-1.x86_64.rpm
cups-2.0.4-1.x86_64.rpm            cups-libs-2.0.4-1.x86_64.rpm
cups-debuginfo-2.0.4-1.x86_64.rpm  cups-lpd-2.0.4-1.x86_64.rpm

I haven't installed 2.0.4 yet as you guys told me how to get
a decent ppd for my printer, which now prints envelopes
perfectly.

-T