Kate prints PDF to a plaintext-printer

[Janvl]

Hi,

i have defined a plaintext printer with a perlscript but when i print from Kate i get a file with PDF-Content.
I run Kubuntu 22.04.
I need a text-editor that prints only plain text, any idea what is wrong with kate or is there an editor that can print truly text-only?

Regards,
Jan

[jlittle]

A post on stackexchange put it succinctly; for CUPS printers:
"Plain text files don't really specify how things should be printed, and thus aren't allowed."

A utility called enscript does the job. I use vim and it has a :hardcopy command.