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Peter
Peter

Reputation: 854

Ubuntu 14.x/LibreOffice 4.2 - How To Print To PS File (not PDF)

Not too long ago, one could take an OpenOffice/LibreOffice document under any Linux distro, choose print, and then print the PostScript output to a disk file. This is no longer possible.

Is there any way to install a plain old PostScript driver and pipe the output to disk?

For the avoidance of doubt: I need a true PostScript file with plain ASCII PostScript instructions that can be manipulated from a script. Therefore pdf2ps is of no use. It only "PS-ifies" the PDF, but leaves binary data in binary format, which is of no use.

So... to reiterate, I need get the PostScript printer stream from LibreOffice/OpenOffice document and put it in a PostScript file. I have not found such a driver.

All hints/tips appreciated.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 966

Answers (1)

Kurt Pfeifle
Kurt Pfeifle

Reputation: 90325

What you observe is also true for Mac OS X: you can now enable or disable "PDF as the standard print job format".

To change it back to PostScript:

  1. Open the menu and go to File -> Preferences... -> LibreOffice -> Print.
  2. Locate the entry 'PDF as standard print job format'.
  3. Make sure this entry does NOT have the checkbox ticked.
  4. Click 'OK'.

Now the standard print job format should be set back to PostScript.

Here is a screenshot (from LibreOffice 4.4 on OS X):

Setting the LibreOffice print spool format

Upvotes: 2

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