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Printer wants to save as PDF prior printing

Since I upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 lts, I am in trouble with the printer. My printer is Epson Stylus C79 and it is connected to an USB PORT. When I want to print something, pops up a window ...
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CUPS SERVER ERROR

While trying to connect EPSON M3170 Printer which is connected in network shows CUPS server error THERE WAS AN ERROR DURING CUPS OPERATION.'SUCCESS'.
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Ubuntu 20.04 unable to remove network printers they always come back

When I go to http://localhost:631/printers/ it's almost fine, there are 2 local printers and one ghost device which I also can't remove But when I go to Settings | Printers There's ton of printers I ...
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Add virtual printer in ubuntu using cups

I want add printer on Ubuntu OS automatically , currently i can add printer using CUPS by navigating localhost:631. But i want to all this work automate . Like install cups and setup and after that ...
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How to print from an application directly to an image file

I need to be able to print from a desktop app directly to an image file (PNG or JPG). There are several virtual printer drivers that do this for Windows. (ImagePrinterPro as an example) I haven't been ...
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"I can't start gs converter..." error while printing to Boomaga in Ubuntu 21.10 from Lazarus

On the previous versions of Ubuntu (21.04 and below) I didn't have this problem. This problem started after upgrade to 21.10. Lazarus version 2.0.12 64-linux-gtk2 is getting the following error while ...
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Cannot print to Boomaga virtual printer from Google Chrome

I have been using Boomaga "virtual printer for CUPS" version 3.0.0. When I try to print form Google Chrome (version 95.0.4638.54) to this printer, nothing happens. I see these messages in ...
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Print a pdf file from a large pdf file [duplicate]

I'm trying to print, in a pdf file, just one page from another large pdf file. Does anyone have a clue? I'm using foxit reader, and when I try ctrl+P appears just the installed printers as an option ...
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cups-pdf disappeared with update to U 18.04

The virtual PDF printer is no longer available. It was based on cups-pdf. Since 18.04 it is gone. No error message. Just disappeared in GUI for printer control. Worked fine before the upgrade. New ...
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Ubuntu 12.02 32 bit printer program executable file cannot run properly in ubuntu 14.04 64 bit

Ubuntu 12.02 32 bit printer program executable file cannot run properly in Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit I installed bellow three library packages but it's not working. sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo ...
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Add specific printer output tray as new printer

I need to add printer output tray which has virtual name how can I add that tray as printer in Ubuntu. I need to add that printer with shell command not in GUI.
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Command line PDF printing - automatic filenames based on timestamp [duplicate]

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 3.8.0-35-generic kernel, Firefox 27.0 If I print a text file to pdf, I get a default filename which is always the same. (it is always "output.pdf") How can I have automatic file ...
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Problem adding Printer to Virtual machine [duplicate]

I'm running 12.04 64 bit on my laptop and I have a virtual machine (win7) created and using with virtual box (4.3.6 incl. extension pack). Further I have an Kyocera FS-1041 printer which I cannot ...
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How do I enable print selection in Chromium

For my own archive I want to print posts from an internet magazine to pdf files. I use Chromium 12.0.742.112 (90304) on Ubuntu 11.04, but the default option to save to pdf doesn't support selection (...
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How to print a regular file to pdf from command line

In gedit, printing a file gives an option of printing to file where the file can be saved as a pdf. How can I do the same thing from the command line?
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Is there a virtual printer to output an Open Office doc to multiple images (jpg, png etc)?

I'm after a virtual printer which takes each page of "printed" output and converts into multiple images (one image for each page)... eg. .jpg, or .png, etc.. I'm specifically looking for something ...
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