Re: gEDA-user: How to generate fine PDF gschem schematics?

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:23:38 +0100, Peter TB Brett wrote:

> Select the PDF output option in kprinter, choose where to save it, et
> voila.

I like to keep my desktop free off KDE stuff. So I looked for the gnome 
way to achieve the same goal. There seems to be no direct equivalent to 
kprinter. Since gnome desktops typically have CUPS installed, the 
preferred print command is 
	lp -d CUPS-PDF-Printer

A prerequisite to make this work is the package cups-pdf. A PDF printer 
called "CUPS-PDF-Printer" should be configured as a "Local Printer" via 
the usual CUPS interface. Choose Manufacturer "Generic", model "CUPS-PDF-
Printer".

Add this line to the local gschemrc to make the lp print command default:
	(print-command "lp -d CUPS-PDF-Printer")
The resulting PDF will go to $HOME/PDF by default. 

I will put the various ways to get decent PDFs to the wiki. 

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