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--- pdf:print_to_pdf [2017/04/04 08:16] – created peter
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-====== PDF - Print to pdf ======
-Print to pdf from the command line.
-.  Install cups and cups-pdf.
-<code bash>
-apt-get install cups cups-pdf
-</code>
-.  Check which printer is available:
-<code bash>
-lpstat -p -d
-printer Cups-PDF is idle.  enabled since Wed 10 Jul 2013 09:30:05 AM EST
-no system default destination
-</code>
-where:
-  * **lpstat** is to show cups status information.
-  * **-p** is to tell lpstat to list all printers available.
-  * **-d** is to show the current default destination.  In this case, this system has one printer installed, which is Cups-PDF.
-.  To print, the **lpr** command is needed:
-<code bash>
-echo "Printing some characters to a pdf file" | lpr -P Cups-PDF -J print01.pdf
-</code>
-where
-  * **-P** is to specify the printer name that you want to use.
-  * **-J** is for the output file name.
-The file will be saved in ~/Desktop, but this can be changed in /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf.