Yes, you can create a "print-to-file" queue using the same PPD file. Instead of sending the job to printer, the data stream will be saved to a file.
To do so, you need to 1. From CUPS web admin page, under "Administration", add "FileDevice True" to the configuration file. 2. Create the print queue using Device URI "file:/tmp/myspoolfile.ps" with your ppd file. It can also do through command line: "/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printtofile -E -v file:/tmp/myspoolfile.ps -P myppdfile.ppd" 3. You can send job to the printtofile queue. PS file will be created at /tmp/myspoolfile.ps. Make sure to add read permission to the file. "chmod a+r myspoolfile.ps" In my previous posting (#14), I didn't want you to try anything new, I just want to know how to reproduce the problem. Do I need to do the following as specified in your original posting? change /usr/share/cups/mime/mime.convs to say: application/pdf application/vnd.cups-postscript 43 pdftops application/postscript application/vnd.cups-postscript 65 pstops -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/691130 Title: PDF workflow flawed, crashes printers -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
