Cups printing to pdf

Here I come again with another question.
I did an Archive and Install about two months ago in order to solve some problems that I had with Safari, which kept quitting unexpectedly (this problem seems not to be recurring.)
I was able to print to pdf using CUPS-PDF before the Archive and Install but I cannot do this anymore.
I am able to save as pdf, but the procedure is not as straightforward as using CUPS-PDF.
I've downloaded CUPS-PDF from the Gutenprint and Gimp-Print for Mac OS X (10.2 and later) website to no effect.
I've reset the printing system and done everything else that I found helpful in Apple discussions, again to no effect.
System prefs shows CUPS-PDF as one of three printers in the printing menu (Deskjet 6980 and Adobe PDF being the other two, both working OK.)
Printer Setup Utility shows CUPS-PDF status as "stopped" and kind as "*Generic PostScript Printer*."
Clicking twice on the name in Printer Setup Utility, CUPS-PDF window shows "*No job printing*" and the dock shows the generic icon for a PostScript Printer with an exclamation point.
I know that OS X 10.4.11 comes with CUPS, but it does not seem work.
Will greatly appreciate any help you can give me.
Regards,

Matt Broughton wrote:
Ruben Tomasov wrote:
I am able to save as pdf, but the procedure is not as straightforward as using CUPS-PDF.
I've downloaded CUPS-PDF from the Gutenprint and Gimp-Print for Mac OS X (10.2 and later) website to no effect.
If I understand what you are referring to as CUPS-PDF, it is not a part of or affiliated with the Gutenprint (Gimp-Print) project. I believe you are talking about software that will print a PDF to a folder of your choosing. The home page for CUPS-PDF is http://www.cups-pdf.de/download.shtml.
Did you reinstall the CUPS-PDF software after you did an archive and install of your system? Part of the installation of the software is an invisible file that most likely did not survive your Archive and Install. Try reinstalling the CUPS-PDF software.
Matt,
I did find CUPS-PDF.mpkg on codpoetry.
I downloaded and installed it. The installer didn’t report an error but I am still unable to print to CUPS-PDF
I’ve also found another downloadable CUPS-PDF on bitbucket.org‘s site; it gave me a zip file which produced a “cups-pdf-for-mac-os-x” folder.
In this folder there is a README file where it says “You may find the source code to the software contained in this package at the original author's site: http://www.cups-pdf.de/”, but there is no explanation as to where should the included folders be placed (I did write to bitbucket.org and am still waiting to hear from them.)
Do you have any idea where to go from here?
Thank you

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