Ubuntu print to pdf; install a PDF printer

To install a pdf printer in Ubuntu, simply do the following:

Install printer:
```
sudo apt-get install cups-pdf
```
Print something and make sure to select PDF as the printer.
Your printed pdfs will be now be available in ~/PDF for example: /home/user/PDF/printed.pdf

anonymous – May 17, 2011
Or, when printing, select the "Print to File" printer and change the Output format from Postscript to PDF.
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anonymous – Nov 8, 2011
The "Print to File" option doesn't work in non-gtk apps, then is when cups-pdf is usefull (from wine, java...)
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anonymous – Mar 25, 2013
great thanks :)
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