OK - a complete rewrite on this (previous post deleted):
After upgrade to Natty, PDF printing was not working for me. I reinstalled cups-pdf, but that mysteriously did not do the job.
In the System Settings Printer Configuration dialog, I learn that the backend for printer PDF is not installed. This makes no sense to me (didn't I just install it?), but that's certainly a good reason for the system PDF printer to not work. I can print to it, but there's no discernible result.
The solution, I found, is to delete the "PDF" printer in the Printer Configuration dialog, then install it again, as "new" printer. Only, this time, I learn that there IS no PDF printer; it's now called "CUPS-PDF". OK, but really now, it's this sort of thing which keeps Linux a geek-only OS. This is simply BAD.
So...I now have the system PDF printer back, and all's well. And, on second thought, let's keep Linux for geek (and would-be geeks) only. I don't want to be anyone's 800 pound gorilla...
After upgrade to Natty, PDF printing was not working for me. I reinstalled cups-pdf, but that mysteriously did not do the job.
In the System Settings Printer Configuration dialog, I learn that the backend for printer PDF is not installed. This makes no sense to me (didn't I just install it?), but that's certainly a good reason for the system PDF printer to not work. I can print to it, but there's no discernible result.
The solution, I found, is to delete the "PDF" printer in the Printer Configuration dialog, then install it again, as "new" printer. Only, this time, I learn that there IS no PDF printer; it's now called "CUPS-PDF". OK, but really now, it's this sort of thing which keeps Linux a geek-only OS. This is simply BAD.
So...I now have the system PDF printer back, and all's well. And, on second thought, let's keep Linux for geek (and would-be geeks) only. I don't want to be anyone's 800 pound gorilla...