And if anyone is looking for a user-end PDF-printer, this cups-pdf-for-mac-os-x is one that works through the installer, however I have the same issue of no file appearing in the indicated directory when I download the source and follow the instructions in the readme. If anyone can get either of these to work on a mac through the terminal. CUPS-PDF is an open-source backend module for CUPS (Mac OS X's printing system) by Volker C. Behr that, rather than printing to a device, prints straight to PDF. The CUPS drivers with Zebra printer support are included in some Linux distributions and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and above. Zebra’s technical support staff can offer limited assistance by providing documentation and escalating issues to the CUPS developers for investigation when used on the platforms listed below. CUPS-PDF CUPS-PDF is an open source backend module for CUPS and it is a great tool if you want to print files to PDF format. The CUPS-PDF package for Mac is the standard version in macOS. In any program, you just need to choose the print command, select the PDF button on the dialog box, and then choose the ' Save as PDF' option. Actually a Mac OS X-specific version of the open-source CUPS-PDF project, CUPS-PDF is essentially a virtual printer driver for CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System), OS X’s printing software.
funny I came across a german programmers blog
http://www.lisanet.de/?p=71#comment-179
she even created an applescript that should do the trick here (4 free)
http://www.lisanet.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/AirPrint-On.zip
the core bit is (my translation) :
to enable airprint one only needs to create a single file (named airprint.types) with a single line of text and save it into the directory /usr/share/cups/mime. No need to alter systemfiles, which is quite nice. The contents of the file should be
image/urf urf (0,UNIRAST)
original german:
Um AirPrint freizuschalten muss nur eine Datei mit einer Zeile Text erzeugt werden und in das Verzeichnis /usr/share/cups/mime abgespeichert werden. Dabei werden keinerlei Systemdateien verändert, was schon mal recht positiv ist. Die Zeile lautet:
image/urf urf (0,UNIRAST)
I'm too lazy to translate all her explanations :-) basically the file seems to signal cups that airprint can also use a filetype named urf, which seems to be what Ios devices do. I am no real programmer but it worked for me.
Jo
all credit goes to Simone who found it and published it ...
PS.: of course the printer needs to be connected to your mac (the one where you added the file) and should be on (tp print) also printer sharing needs to be enabled for that printer and the mac must be somehow WLAN wise in touch with your iphone / ipad... (on the same WLAN I guess) - J
http://www.lisanet.de/?p=71#comment-179
she even created an applescript that should do the trick here (4 free)
http://www.lisanet.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/AirPrint-On.zip
the core bit is (my translation) :
to enable airprint one only needs to create a single file (named airprint.types) with a single line of text and save it into the directory /usr/share/cups/mime. No need to alter systemfiles, which is quite nice. The contents of the file should be
image/urf urf (0,UNIRAST)
original german:
Um AirPrint freizuschalten muss nur eine Datei mit einer Zeile Text erzeugt werden und in das Verzeichnis /usr/share/cups/mime abgespeichert werden. Dabei werden keinerlei Systemdateien verändert, was schon mal recht positiv ist. Die Zeile lautet:
image/urf urf (0,UNIRAST)
I'm too lazy to translate all her explanations :-) basically the file seems to signal cups that airprint can also use a filetype named urf, which seems to be what Ios devices do. I am no real programmer but it worked for me.
Jo
all credit goes to Simone who found it and published it ...
PS.: of course the printer needs to be connected to your mac (the one where you added the file) and should be on (tp print) also printer sharing needs to be enabled for that printer and the mac must be somehow WLAN wise in touch with your iphone / ipad... (on the same WLAN I guess) - J
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Overall Problem(s): The current (v2.4.6.1) CodePoetry package of CUPS-PDF driver doesn't work under Snow Leopard. After installing the package, the CUPS-PRINTER doesn't even show up in the Printer & Fax system prefs when you select 'Add Printer'.
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Solution step#1: Per the latest CUPS-PDF README, the /usr/libexec/cups/backend/cups-pdf binary must now be chmod'ed 0700 and be chowned by root:wheel. Otherwise, the CUPS-PRINTER won't even show up. Do this and the CUPS-PRINTER should now appear and allow you to add it.
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Solution step#2: The new 'application sandbox' feature in 10.6 won't allow the required pstopdf binary to write to a folder in a user's homedir. So the default 'Out ${HOME}/Desktop/cups-pdf/' entry in the /etc/cups/cups-pdf.conf file will cause the printjob to silently fail. (Watch System.log for evidence of this)
After wasting a few hours trying different methods to get the sandbox to create an exception for pstopdf, I gave up. Instead I just edited the cups-pdf.conf entry to point to somewhere the sandbox will allow (e.g. '/var/spool/cups-pdf/${USER}' ) then just symlinked it to a folder in my homedir.
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At the moment I prefer this rather than potentially messing with the system-wide sandbox config, since this security mechanism isn't completely documented as of yet.