1670 CUPS-PDF is a 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 files.

Why use this rather than a simple "Save as PDF" in the print dialog?

• Pressing return is faster.
• Batch-print through the writer to convert documents to PDF.
• Common save location for all generated PDFs.

Print to the printer normally. The output will be on your desktop in a folder called "cups-pdf".

Due to the nature of the program, the title of the document you print is the name of the file, so printing a document twice will overwrite the file. Be aware of this. (This only applies prior to the packaged version of 2.4.6. The configuration file for 2.4.6 is set to put a job number in front of each file to prevent this.)

New in version 2.4.6.1:
Updated permissions on the backend module to support Leopard

Note that 2.4.6 has been updated. The original upload did not include a PPC version. If you're on Intel, you're fine with the previous version. If you have a PPC Mac and it wasn't working, redownload and reinstall.

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

System Support:
PPC/Intel

Free

For more information, visit:
http://www.codepoetry.net/projects/cups-pdf-for-mosx

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