[SOLVED] pdf-cups failed

8.10 Intrepid Ibex 64bit

I install cups-pdf ( sudo apt-get install cups-pdf ) but wen I want to print a pdf nothing happens. All I get is /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf failed

woelf said: All I get is /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf failed

Where do you see this message?

Are you aware that cups-pdf simply puts the file in /home/pdf without a prompt?

here

This problem is a new one to me. I'll give this a bump and maybe someone else will have the answer.

I have just discovered that manually creating the PDF folder in your home directory allows cups-pdf to work on 8.10.

thanks it works

I found that the configure file was creating PDFs in the home directory. Which was giving me the pdf-cups failed error.

Find this section in the /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf The ${HOME} and ${USER} were not working for me.

Key: Out

CUPS-PDF output directory

special qualifiers:

${HOME} will be expanded to the user's home directory

${USER} will be expanded to the user name

in case it is an NFS export make sure it is exported without

root_squash!

Default: /var/spool/cups-pdf/${USER}

Out /home/username/PDF

Is there any way to make it so that it prompts for a location (and a filename would be cool too) everytime I print?

haritia said: Is there any way to make it so that it prompts for a location (and a filename would be cool too) everytime I print?

The best way to do what you want is to use the print-to-file option. But, you can configure cups-pdf to prompt for a file name as follows:

1) Create a script similar to the sample script below and place it in a folder in your path (~/bin is good).

2) Open the file /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd in a text editor and add the path to the script at the end of this file just before the final } symbol. After the path append uxr,. An example is:

/home/kaibob/bin/cupscript.sh uxr,

3) Open the file /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf in a text editor, remove the # symbol before the line that begins with postprocesssing, and add the path to the script after postprocessing. An example is:

PostProcessing /home/kaibob/bin/cupscript.sh

4) Restart apparmor (ignore warning messages):

sudo /etc/init.d/apparmor restart

5) Restart your computer (seems to be necessary).

The sample script contained below works but is intentionally barebones--you will want to gussy it up a bit to fit your needs. Also, be sure to back up all files before editing them.

SAMPLE SCRIPT

#!/bin/bash

CURRENT_PDF="${1}" CURRENT_USER="${2}" DISPLAY=:0.0 export DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=/home/${CURRENT_USER}/.Xauthority export XAUTHORITY PDFNAME=$(zenity --file-selection --save --confirm-overwrite) mv "$CURRENT_PDF" "$PDFNAME"

SOURCES - CREDIT http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=750426 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=837257

Aearenda said: I have just discovered that manually creating the PDF folder in your home directory allows cups-pdf to work on 8.10.

Just thought I'd say this also works for Jaunty Jackalope 32bit, I would imagine it would also work with the 64bit version.

Thanks for such a simple solution!

opening a terminal and typing

sudo aa-complain cupsd

solved this problem for me.

woelf said: thanks it works

it works for me also. Thanks. :p

Aearenda said: I have just discovered that manually creating the PDF folder in your home directory allows cups-pdf to work on 8.10.

I would say that this is a BUG. ;) (but who do i submit to, ubuntu, or the cups people?)

This should really be fixed in a "backport" and added to the package (mkdir /home/*/PDF)

Either that, or cups-pdf should check to see if /home/<user>/PDF exists and create the directory if it doesn't, both on printing test pages and printing for real.

The current behavior is very unintuitive.

It is broken in both Hardy and Jaunty, BTW.

If you have some spare time, read this bug.

zeppomanx said: opening a terminal and typing

sudo aa-complain cupsd

solved this problem for me.

And it solved it for me, too, though I sure don't understand how it worked!

Many thanks.

complain mode worked for me too.

Just curious. Is this cups-pdf better for printing PDFs than Print to File --> PDF option? Is yes, how? Thanks!