I downloaded cups-pdf 2.4.6, and installed the package. But, I cannot find this printer to add it. Virtual printers do not show up in Printer Setup Utility. If i do a Option-click on More Printers…, and select Advanced, cups-pdf is not available in the Device menu. I’ve repaired permissions, logged out, and restarted, but the problem remains. I’ve also looked at system.log and console.log in Console.app. I’d appreciate any other troubleshootind advice. This sounds like a great app, but I won’t know until I can try it out.
edit: I am running OS X 10.4.10 on a G4 PowerBook.
Does is work for Panther? I installed it ant the installer’s log gave no errors but I can’t find nowhere the Virtual Printer. Suggestions?
Does is work for Panther? I installed it ant the installer’s log gave no errors but I can’t find nowhere the Virtual Printer. Suggestions?
I have a 12” PowerBk G4 1.5GB and OSX 10.4.10 using CUPS 1.2.12. While I had cups-pdf 2.0.4 installed, virtual printing worked just fine. Then I updated to 2.4.6. Now it will not print at all. I have tried downgrading to 2.4.0 and then even lower back to 2.0.4, and I have reinstalled repeatedly, but the cups-pdf virtual printer now does not work under any version, though it does goes through the motions and appears to create a PDF document, with the appropriate progress bar, etc. Yet, I cannot locate that document or the folder cups-pdf anywhere.
Strangely, on my iBook G4 with OSX 10.4.10 and CUPS 1.2.12 and all the software completly identical to the PowerBook, virtual printing with cups-pdf works just fine.
This is a wonderfully covenient application, if only I can get it to work again. Am open to suggestions, otherwise I give up.
By default it saves it to the currently-logged-in user’s Desktop in the cups-pdf folder. If you changed the /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf file to put it in another location previously, that change was undone with this version and you’ll need to change it again.
You can also use the Finder’s search to search for PDFs created within the last day or so and see if it comes up there as somewhere you didn’t expect.
I’m experiencing the same issue – 10.4.10 latest & greatest & maintained. There’s no sign of the printer as reported above. I’m also using CUPS 1.2.12, which may have something to do with it in my case….is that version of CUPS supported / does it make a difference?
This is for the stock version of CUPS that comes with Mac OS X. If you’ve installed a different version then you need to manually install the backend module at /usr/libexec/cups/backend/cups-pdf into the proper directory for your version of CUPS.
Adam
Where do I find “the proper directory for your version of CUPS”?
I, too, am using OS X 10.4.10 and CUPS 1.2.12
I have /usr/libexec/cups/backend/cups-pdf
To which directory do I move cups-pdf?
Sláinte!
Al Maloney
What version of Mac OS X are you on?
Sorry, I should have included that in the first post – I am using OS X 10.4.10, with the CUPS that comes with the OS.
Mind you, I have a bunch of stuff installed with Fink. How would I confirm the version of CUPS? cupsd —verison doesn’t work. I don’t find an obvious CUPS version listed at http://localhost:631.
If you haven’t updated CUPS then don’t worry about it.
Are you on PPC or Intel?
I’m on PPC.
I’m going to bed. I’ll be back in the morning.
Install it again and then before leaving the installer view the installer log (set it to show everything) and then email it to me (ahknight at this domain).
I downloaded the installer again, as I saw the note about missing PPC support. Now it works.
Thanks for CUPS-PDF.