CUPS - PDF Printer

Using a virtual PDF printer, you can add PDF export capability to any program with printing capability.

Installation
To get a virtual PDF printer working is quite simple. First install the package.

Configuration
Follow these step by step instructions in CUPS Web Interface(http://localhost:631): And you're done!
 * Click on Printers and then on Add Printer.
 * Choose a nice name (e.g. PDF_Printer) and a description (e.g. Prints PDFs).
 * Select Virtual Printer (PDF Printer) from the drop down menu.
 * Select Postscript.
 * Select Generic postscript color printer.

Using the Gnome CUPS Manager:
 * Go to Desktop --> Administration --> Printing. Enter your password when prompted.
 * Double click New Printer.
 * Choose Use a detected printer and select PDF Printer from the list.
 * Choose Postscript for the Manufacturer and postscript color printer rev4 for the Model. The Default driver should be fine.

Note: Menufacturer and Model can change - see discussion for variants

By default the output will be placed in

Tweaks
You may want to change the path to where the print job is spooled. In the example below its saved to :