Hi,
I was also looking for a solution for this issue and what I have
reverted to is using the Print to File option in the Print dialog with
the file type as pdf.
I guess that doesnt allow too much configuration of pdf generation
options but its better than everything going into ~/PDF or some
I forgot one thing though, the directory name still depends on the CONF
file. So that probably will still allow me to choose a file name, but
not really the output directory.
So overall some kind of post print hook that moves the file to the
desired location seems like a better option instead of
Hi,
On second thoughts, I looked at the code of cups-pdf and it seems like
the filename is built using the title argument passed to it, so if there
is some way of inserting a dialog box before after I press print and
before actually printing a document, it seems to be just a task of
accepting the
Specifying an output folder for a pdf printer driver is similar to
specifying the paper tray or other options for a physical printer
driver. Where/how it should be implemented in this case I don't know,
but the need itself should be obvious to anyone who has ever printed to
a file.
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Guys, this is easy. Cups-PDF is a backend. Feel free to rewrite
something else from scratch that has a GUI. It's just not going to
happen in Cups-PDF.
This is not a question of any more me too, I think this should be
done or I vote for this to be implemented unless you vote by writing
code.
Rolf, I don't think this is really that clear cut.
Did you read my comment from March 27? Any comments on that?
Thanks.
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I agree wholeheartedly with Marius, this attitude is unwarranted.
If there is no solution readily presenting itself, some creativity is needed,
not sour attitudes.
One dirty solution I can think of is to edit the save-as dialogue to run a
secondary GUI after cups-pdf saves the file. The file
Sorry guys, we've already answered this question MANY times already and
no, CUPS-PDF cannot have a dialog, because it's just a printer backend
for CUPS.
The dialog you see in GNOME applications comes from GTKPRINT, which
offers PDF generation as a standard feature; it has NOTHING to do with
Martin, I understand that CUPS-PDF does not expose any GUI, but my
question is: does it provide the necessary information and accept
corresponding parameters to/from a different layer that does have a GUI?
In this case the necessary information would be the fact that this
driver prints to a file
It doesn't accept parameters either. It's not a command line tool.
Anyhow, AppArmor prevents anyone from changing the output path, even if
you edit cups-pdf.conf, on Ubuntu.
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If it does not accept parameters then it probably should. Not sure if
this is a CUPS-PDF issue or a more general CUPS one. The fact that it is
not a command line tool has nothing to do with this IMO.
If AppArmor prevents you changing the path then the whole thing becomes
even worse. Is AppArmor
Apparently the Gnome print dialog used to allow you to specify the
output location and that was removed recently.
Maybe this issue is reported at the wrong location. Is there a way to
pass this information from such a print dialog to a CUPS driver? Can a
CUPS driver signal to the print dialog
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There is no concept of a back-end.
no concept of a GUI
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I agree that from a user perspective, the current situation is
unintuitive (to say it cautiosly). I myself have been bitten by this.
But the situation is just as Martin describes it. cups-pdf is a back-
end. There is no concept of a back-end. cups-pdf was not really
intended to be used in GUI
CUPS-PDF is a printer driver. It is not a graphic application or a
component of the GNOME, KDE or XFCE desktop. Thus, there will never be
such a Save As dialog.
Instead, the output directory and file naming policy is controlled by a
global configuration file for all users. One caveat on Ubuntu is
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