I have never got this to work.
I think the reason is found at
http://www.codepoetry.net/support/other_software/cups_pdf_package/cannot_install_cups_pdf_printer
where it says:
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This is for the stock version of CUPS that comes with Mac OS X. If you've installed a different version then you need to manually install the backend module at /usr/libexec/cups/backend/cups-pdf into the proper directory for your version of CUPS.
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I have installed CUPS 1.2.12 and am using OS X 10.4.10.

I do not know where to go with this instruction "to manually install…" to try to get it to work.

Al Maloney


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I have actually gotten it to work -- and the hint a while back was more specific than this repost. Anyway, in the end it seemed kinda pointless given OS X's native print to PDF capabilities. Adding additional Automator workflows helps the print-to-pdf functionality as well.

The only use I found for the CUPS-PDF was to *share* the ability to print to PDF to those less fortunate Windows users. While this worked for most general purpose documents, it seemed to fall down pretty hard on (you guessed it) various PowerPoint type files (images, specifically).



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I am not surprised. I never understood the purpose of amateur software like CUPS which apparently is only useful for exotic or outdated printer models?

I neither understand why on a Mac(!) the 1560. PDF Utility shall be a 10 point pick of the week?

I neither understand why this part of the osxhint webpage is barely readable with Safari as there are no line breaks...??



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