How can I set 'Print to File' as my default printing option?

Posted by edm on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by edm
Published on 2012-04-04T13:50:59Z Indexed on 2012/04/04 17:41 UTC
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At the moment when I print, my Deskjet-3050 is selected as the default printer.

I would like 'Print to File' to be the default 'printer' without using cups-pdf


I specifically do not want to use cups-pdf because of the way it renders text (see below). I am not entirely sure what it is doing but it seems as though it renders the text as bitmaps and embeds them in pdf (as I am not able to highlight/copy/search embedded text as I am using a standard Print to File pdf).

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N.B. this is not a dupe of: Can I make PDF the default for 'print to file'

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