====== Ubuntu - PDF - Print to pdf ======

Print to pdf from the command line.

1.  Install cups and cups-pdf.

<code bash>
apt-get install cups cups-pdf
</code>

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2.  Check which printer is available:

<code bash>
lpstat -p -d 

printer Cups-PDF is idle.  enabled since Wed 10 Jul 2013 09:30:05 AM EST

no system default destination
</code>

where:

  * **lpstat** is to show cups status information.
  * **-p** is to tell lpstat to list all printers available.
  * **-d** is to show the current default destination.  In this case, this system has one printer installed, which is Cups-PDF.

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3.  To print, the **lpr** command is needed:

<code bash>
echo "Printing some characters to a pdf file" | lpr -P Cups-PDF -J print01.pdf
</code>

where 

  * **-P** is to specify the printer name that you want to use.
  * **-J** is for the output file name.

The file will be saved in ~/Desktop, but this can be changed in /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf.