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neocephas

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From: orange, ca

Registered: 2004-02-14

Posts: 30

cups-pdf

this is a pdf backend for cups.  you can use it to setup a virtual pdf printer to generate a pdf from any program that can print. pretty useful.

[url]
http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/
[/url]

PKGBUILD:

# Contributor: Peter Bui <neocephas@myrealbox.com>

pkgname=cups-pdf
pkgver=1.4.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="PDF backend for CUPS"
depends=('cups')
url="http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/"
source=(http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/cups-pdf_$pkgver.tar
.gz 
        PostscriptColor.ppd)

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make
  cd $startdir
  install -m 644 -D PostscriptColor.ppd $startdir/pkg/usr/share/cups/model/Posts
cript.Color.ppd.gz
  cd $startdir/src/cups-pdf-$pkgver/src
  install -m 755 -D cups-pdf $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf
}

kritoke

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From: Texas, USA

Registered: 2003-08-01

Posts: 211

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Re: cups-pdf

I just finished testing it and now it is in staging.

Kritoke

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WaFuSan

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From: Nagoya

Registered: 2005-01-27

Posts: 39

Website

Re: cups-pdf

Apparently, cups-pdf current version is 1.7.0
Anyone has a PKGBUILD for it ??

soloport

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Registered: 2005-03-01

Posts: 442

Re: cups-pdf

Apparently, cups-pdf current version is 1.7.0
Anyone has a PKGBUILD for it ??

Here...

pkgname=cups-pdf
pkgver=1.7.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="CUPS PDF Backend"
depends=('cups')
url="http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/"
source=(http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/cups-pdf_$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('875ed70ec1acdab9d935bca45ee521f8')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  gcc -O9 -s -o cups-pdf -Isrc src/cups-pdf.c
  install -D -m 755 cups-pdf $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf
  install -D -m 644 extra/PostscriptColor.ppd.gz  $startdir/pkg/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript.Color.ppd.gz
}

WaFuSan

Member

From: Nagoya

Registered: 2005-01-27

Posts: 39

Website

Re: cups-pdf

Thanks, that was fast ^^

android

Member

From: San Diego

Registered: 2003-04-18

Posts: 160

Re: cups-pdf

Hi Everyone!

This pdf printer has been GREAT!

But I did have to make one little tweak before it was good for me.

The default PDF version of 1.4 produced an output file in which text would collide and overlap. Patching the build for PDF version 1.2 fixed it for me.

Here's the amended PKGBUILD:

pkgname=cups-pdf
 pkgver=1.7.0
 pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="CUPS PDF Backend"
 depends=('cups')
 url="http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/"
 source=(http://cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~vrbehr/cups-pdf/cups-pdf_$pkgver.tar.gz)
 md5sums=('875ed70ec1acdab9d935bca45ee521f8')

 build() {
   cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
   cat src/cups-pdf.h | sed "s|CPPDFVER "1.4"|CPPDFVER "1.2"|" > tmpFile
   mv tmpFile src/cups-pdf.h
   gcc -O9 -s -o cups-pdf -Isrc src/cups-pdf.c
   install -D -m 755 cups-pdf $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf
   install -D -m 644 extra/PostscriptColor.ppd.gz  $startdir/pkg/usr/share/cups/model/Postscript.Color.ppd.gz
 }

p.s. I know posting PKGBUILD source to the forum is somewhat of a no no
(sorry sarah31, and thank you for everything!)
It just seemed like a good idea to correct this for the archive searchers.

android