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Sep 5 2009

CHRISCHRAM  CUPS-PDF does not work under Snow Leopard. The developer is aware of the problem, but says it won't be a trivial fix. Stay tuned.  
(Version 2.4.6.1)

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Dec 15 2008

JON55  Ok, I had no idea you could save pages to PDF's right from OS X until reading these posts, so now, after installing CUPS-PDF, how do I uninstall it?  
(Version 2.4.6.1)

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Nov 17 2007

JLARO  CUPS-PDF creates ridiculously big files. For example, printing this MacUpdate page yields a 2,1 MB file with CUPS-PDF, while with Print as PDF it only comes in at 256k. Other tests show similar ratios.

Another poster said he's happy the PDF folder is no more on the desktop. How does he do it? Every time I move the cups-pdf folder from my desktop CUPS-PDF creates another one to put the files.

OS X 10.4.11  
(Version 2.4.6.1)

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Mar 26 2009

CHRIS.H  You can change the directory that CUPS-PDF prints to by typing in terminal:

sudo nano /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf

and editing the line "Out ${HOME}/Desktop/cups-pdf/"

Change the Desktop/ portion to whatever you want.

"Out ${HOME}/Documents/pdfs/" maybe?

When you are done, hit ctrl+o to save the file and ctrl+x to exit.  
(Version 2.4.6.1)

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Nov 10 2007
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BEWEIS  Great stuff. Perfect not to have this folder on desktop anymore. The resulting PDFs work perfect in my local copyshop. Files created with the standard PDF routine don't work  
(Version 2.4.6.1)

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Nov 10 2007

JIMW  Works even better now - i.e. documents in Documents folder and with Leopard. Thanks  
(Version 2.4.6.1)

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Nov 9 2007

AHKNIGHT  Version 2.4.6.1 works on Leopard.  
(Version 2.4.6.1)

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Nov 4 2007

JIMW  Not Leopard compatible on Intel  
(Version 2.4.6)

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Nov 7 2007

KAPPUCHINO  Aktuelle Packet ist hier: http://joyofscripting.com/wp/?p=104  
(Version 2.4.6)

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Nov 7 2007

JIMW  It now works with Leopard  
(Version 2.4.6)

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Jul 24 2007

FOULGER  Nice piece of software. If the author could include a preference to nominate the folder to save the file to AND address the huge pdf file size, I would BUY it with no qualms.  
(Version 2.4.6)

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Nov 9 2007

GUNTIS  You can use PDFshrink to control PDF size.

http://store.apago.us/pdfshrink.html

Of course all-in-one solution would be better, but this two-step approach solves PDF file size problem.  
(Version 2.4.6.1)

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Nov 9 2007

FOULGER  Thanks for your response - appreciated  
(Version 2.4.6.1)

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Jul 24 2007

STEVE HODGSON  I really thought that this was a great idea in theory but when I looked at the size of the PDF files produced found them significantly larger than those produced using the native OS X options to print to PDF.

I the end the convenience was outweighed by the increased file sizes.  
(Version 2.4.6)

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Mar 22 2007

MAC0852  This file is in a hidden directory. To open the file, open Terminal.app (just do a Spotlight search for terminal). Type the following at the prompt:

open /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf

This will open the file in your default text editor. Edit the file to so that the default location is to your liking. I found the line I needed to edit at around line 43. I changed so that the folder is in my Documents folder instead of the desktop by changing line 43 to the following:

Out ${HOME}/Documents/cups-pdf/

You could also change the name of the default folder from cups-pdf to something else if you really wanted to.  
(Version 2.4)

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Jun 6 2007

GHETTOPIA  I wholeheartedly would advise against using the previously mentioned solution using Terminal.

I tried it myself, and it reset my Mac user password. When I restarted, it never made it to the login screen; instead it stated:

/etc/master.passwd:

No such file or directory

-sh-2.05b#

My password was deleted! I had to boot my computer in Target Disk Mode and use a friend's computer to copy my /etc folder from a backup on my external hard drive back to my computer. Then, I had to create a new account on my computer, log in to it, and recreate my original account.

I'm still having major issues with all my saved passwords. Apple's website listed how to delete my old Keychains so that I'm not constantly prompted for the former account password that doesn't exist, but now none of my Keychains are being saved at all.

DEFINITELY not worth the time compared with simply dragging files out of the cups-pdf folder onto the Desktop.  
(Version 2.4)

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Mar 22 2007

BWENNING  Thanks for this great software!!!

While it works wonderfully as is, I would very much like to utilize the ability to change the output folder (instead of the default "cups-pdf" folder on the desktop).

I've followed up with the original documentation pointed to, and scoured the web, but I can't for the life of me seem to find any help in locating "/etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf" on my macbook pro, ANYWHERE!

Please help - any thoughts would be much appreciated!!!

Thanks!

BW  
(Version 2.4)

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Mar 23 2007

MAC0852  The other thing to keep in mind is that when making changes to the .conf file and saving you will be asked for your administrator username and password. It actually asked me twice before finishing the save.  
(Version 2.4)

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Jun 20 2006
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BCWINTERS  Works great. I'm using this utility to batch print PDFs from Virtual PC (which lets you route documents to your Mac printer but doesn't let you use any print dialog settings on the Mac side). Then I can send all of them to my real printer en masse at my leisure once I'm back in the office.

The "Label" setting to require unique PDF names in the outputted files is a MUST--see the reply to the previous comment for details on how to set it.

In practice I've found that the PDFs generated by CUPS-PDF are 3 to 6 times larger than those produced by OS X's built-in Print to PDF function but if time is at more of a premium than disk space, you'll find this utility very handy.  
(Version 2.4)

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Jan 15 2006
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PROKOS_J  This is works perfectly other than it will over-write files with the same name in the same directory without warning you first. If you are printing from Safari you won't get a chance to see what the name is until it's in the directory.  
(Version 2.0)

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Mar 14 2006

STEVE COPLEY  If you edit...

/etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf

and set the 'Label' option to 1 it should solve your overwriting problem

i.e.

### Key: Label

## label all jobs with a unique job-id in order to avoid overwriting old

## files in case new ones with identical names are created; always true for

## untitled documents

## 0: label untitled documents only, 1: label all documents

### Default: 0

Label 1

Best regards

Steve C.  
(Version 2.0.5)

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