On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 08:07, akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote:
> You're thinking about:
> existing PDF -> programs -> paper.
>
> The rest of the thread is about:
> existing document *NOT* in PDF format (say, Abiword) -> print system ->
> PDF *instead* of paper.
>
> "Printing" to PDF is close enough to printing to paper that it makes
> sense to use the same mechanisms to produce a PDF.
>
I just what to be sure I am learning what I think I am learning. Is
what is being referred to is the possibility that cups can take a document
is some arbitrary format and produce a document in pdf format. Not
print it just produce a pdf file.
Yes - once CUPS-PDF is installed you can do that. You may want to read
the entire thread, but here's the link to the "essential ingredient":