How to configure CUPS

[James Wilkinson]

akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> I am confused with all this advice. You choose the port, the
> manufacturer, etc for the printer. I you want to print a pdf file use
> xpdf, gv, ggv or acroread to display the pdf file and then print it.

You're thinking about:
existing PDF -> programs -> paper.

The rest of the thread is about:
existing document *NOT* in PDF format (say, Abiword) -> print system ->
PDF *instead* of paper.

"Printing" to PDF is close enough to printing to paper that it makes
sense to use the same mechanisms to produce a PDF.

James.

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