How to install cups-pdf?
I'm trying to install CUPS-PDF for Mac by Homebrew as follow:
$ brew install cups-pdf
Error: No available formula with the name "cups-pdf"
It was migrated from caskroom/cask to homebrew/core.
but there is an error that it has been migrated to homebrew/core
which I'm trying to install from.
In this case, what would be the proper method of installing it?
Solution 1:
Have you tried installing it from this Bitbucket repository
There the following instructions are given:
Installation (10.6+)
- Install the package.
- Open System Preferences and go to Printing.
- Click on Add Printer (the + at the bottom).
- "CUPS-PDF" should be in the list, select it.
- Select "Postscript" from the "Print Using" menu and pick "Generic postscript color printer"
- Click Add
If your OS is incompatible with the package version, install anyway. Then follow the steps in here to setup a null printer and follow the steps in here to add this null printer to the printer list.
Solution 2:
I've tested instructions provided at Bitbucket, but doesn't seem to work on High Sierra as per:
This package is incompatible with this version of macOS and may fail to install.
See: OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) Package Installation Failed.
So instead, I've followed the instructions at farmerswife article and installed PDFwriter instead:
- Download and install the Lisanet PDFwriter installer as per instructions
- After installing the PDFWriter package, go back and Show Package Contents.
- From the installer, uncompress Archive.pax.gz and copy
PDFwriter.ppd
file into/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources
. - Now go to the Printers dialog and add the printer, choosing the Lisanet driver as explained in the documentation.
Source: PDF printing results in "empty" or "zero bytes size" PDF.
Solution 3:
Here is an Alternative that Works Nov 2020 on Catalina
https://github.com/rodyager/RWTS-PDFwriter