Bug#886224: printer-driver-cups-pdf: Virtual pdf printer error: no output and config problem
Rudolf - don't forget to reply to the bug. I have sent your last mail
there.
On Sat 06 Jan 2018 at 13:05:12 +0100, Rudolf Polzer wrote:
> >> So I updated /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd
> >> and the pdf printing works.
> >
> > With what did you update it?
> >
> In /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.cupsd, below the line
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf {
> I added the line
> capability mknod,
> and I changed two lines from
> @{HOME}/PDF/ rw,
> @{HOME}/PDF/* rw,
> to
> @{HOME}/my_pdf_directory/ rw,
> @{HOME}/my_pdf_directory/* rw,
Thanks. This could help other users experiencing the same problem as
you.
> >> The config problem remains unsolved.
> >
> > Can you reproduce this problem?
> >
> Yes - every time I delete the cups pdf printer and try to add a new
> virtual pdf printer, I can select the printer make (Generic) but in the
> next step I cannot select a pdf printer type - I have to select the
> appropriate ppd file and I have to know where it is.
/usr/sbin/lpinfo -m | grep ^lsb
gives me a short list of PPDs. The two CUPS-PDF ones are near the top.
With you?
Cheers,
Brian.
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