# List printers and whcih one is teh default printer. lpstat -p -d. # Print file to named printer (check in ~/PDF for testfile.pdf). If you intend to "print" into a PDF document, also install the cups-pdf package. The Linux Foundation's OpenPrinting workgroup provides cups-filters. Those are backends, filters, and other binaries that were once part of CUPS but are no longer maintained by Apple. Print to PDF creates an electronic copy of your file that you can save to disk. Note: Printing a file to PDF using the Adobe PDF printer flattens the file. Watch this video tutorial to use the Adobe PDF Printer to create PDFs from almost any application. I installed printer-driver-cups-pdf. When I print from any application (native ones like Kate or others like Firefox), there is a default 'Print to file' printer and a 'PDF' printer like this: I can select 'Print to file' printer and choose the filename and folder where to save the file. But when I choose 'PDF' printer