I was confused with the "print to file" and cups-pdf. Turned out they are not the same. I installed the cups-pdf, whcih works like a charm. But this "print to file" does have a pdf output option but seems doing nothing just fooling the user. As a default printer in Ubuntu, what's the difference between this and the cups-pdf? Did I miss something so it did not produce any pdf file?
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+question/230377 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1187815 Title: No pdf file is generated when printing to file Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Strange enough. The print to file function suddenly stops working maybe after I upgated the system days ago. I try to use the cups to print from Firefox,Thunderbird, everything looks normal, just no pdf file generated under my home folder even after I seach through the subdirectories. No error can be found in the cups log in /var/log/cups. Can any one shed some light on this? Thanks a lot! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: cups 1.6.2-1ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jun 5 22:15:53 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-28 (37 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added. MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K53SD MarkForUpload: True Papersize: a4 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-23-generic root=UUID=ae46a583-95cb-467e-8b01-83419d362721 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/02/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: K53SD.202 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: K53SD dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK53SD.202:bd11/02/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK53SD:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK53SD:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: K53SD dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1187815/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp