HowTo get CUPS-PDF (aka pdf-printer) to work

[kuapao]

For newbies like myself, it may not be obvious how to solve this problem (and I have scoured the forum...). So here goes.

Problem:
Printing using the predefined CUPS-PDF does not appear to work.
Symptom:
Upon initiating print job, a dialogue box pops up but quickly disappears, and your PDF is nowhere to be found.
Inspection of /var/log/messages reveals error messages like this:

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pdf-writer: WARNING: /root/.Xauthority not found! Switch to console mode!

Solution1:
Just create the missing file (zero size, and no contents).

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# touch /root/.Xauthority

Solution2:
Create a valid entry in the .Xauthority file for your local display.

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# xauth generate :0 .

If you open the file, it should like similar to this:

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localhost/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 026666083d4e480d3e775449b9281b49

Hope this helps!

FYI: Here's a link to the post with updated PET file for CUPS-PDF (version 0.9):
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 368#146829