Bug#857165: cups-pdf: add some information on when to use it
Package: cups-pdf
Version: 2.6.1-22
Severity: wishlist
In the package description text and in the READM.Debian file, I think it
would be useful to add text that clarifies some points:
While cups-pdf generally makes a good or at least decent job of
generating a PDF files, there are some cases when the quality of the
generated PDF is low. Apart from some corner situations, cups-pdf
needs not being used, specifically:
- when using a program able to generate a PDF, it is best to use that
functionality, for example when using Libreoffice, or Inkscape, or Gimp
- otherwise, it is advisable to use the "print to file" functionality of
the printing subsystem: for example in Gnome when you choose a printer
from a list in the printing dialog, "print to file" is the first
choice, above all printers names
In practice, the above two situations should cover the vast majority of
cases when a PDF is produced locally on a PC equipped with screen and
keyboard.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (101, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages cups-pdf depends on:
ii dpkg 1.18.22
ii printer-driver-cups-pdf 2.6.1-22
cups-pdf recommends no packages.
cups-pdf suggests no packages.
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