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Nicholas Saunders
Asked: 2022-05-22 02:04:11 +0800 CST

How to print an image to PDF from the graphical interface?

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Right now I'm using GThumb to print images to PDF but am looking for a short-cut.

Certainly there are console based utilities to convert files to PDF but I'm looking to do that from the graphical interface. Presumably a print-to-PDF script could be executed from the graphical interface.

Would there be a ready-made solution? Looking to avoid any configuration. Something like:

print

would be ideal.

printing

2 Answers

  1. You can create a nautilus script, i.e. an executable shell script (placed in a special scripts directory) that may be invoked by selecting a file or group of files in Nautilus, and right-clicking with the mouse, to bring up a context menu. One of the options in this menu is the 'Scripts' submenu, which allows you to select a script to invoke on the selected files. The submenu 'Scripts' only appears once you have at least one script in the scripts directory.

    Follow these steps (replace every occurrencies of <your_username> with your real username):

    • Create a script file: gedit /home/<your_username>/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/Print

    • Paste the following content:

    #!/bin/bash

# send to default printer
lpr $*

    • Save the file

    • Give it execution rights: chmod +x /home/<your_username>/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/Print

    Now, if you select one or more file, right-clicking them you should see the submenu 'Script' in your menu, and the subitem 'Print'.

    If you don't see them, probably you need to logout and login, or reboot the system or restart nautilus (nautilus -q && nautilus &).

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  2. You can print to pdf using all GUI applications.

    Select "Print to File" and it will be saved as a PDF file.

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