[cups.general] PDF Forms printing

Bill Moseley moseley at hank.org
Fri Aug 13 07:36:55 PDT 2004


I suspect this is a pdftops issue.  I have a pdf file (version 1.5)
that uses "forms" that allow fields to be filled in using acroread.  I
actually received this pdf with some of the fields already filled in
with some of my personal data.

Trying to print this file my HP 1100 laser printer (non-postscript)
fails -- the lights flash a bit on the printer but nothing prints.
The print queue is empty, and I see nothing in the cups error_log
indicating a problem.

I also tried printing using acroread but same result.


If I use pdftops directly and then try and display with gv the
form displays without the filled-in data and I get a ghostscript error
message (below).  gs will generate the same error, display the form
for an instant and then abort.



I'm running an up-to-date Debian Sid.

Would you agree that this is a pdftops issue?

I was able to print on a WinXP machine.




ESP Ghostscript 7.07 (2003-07-12)
Copyright 2003 artofcode LLC and Easy Software Products, all rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Loading NimbusSanL-Regu font from /var/lib/defoma/gs.d/dirs/fonts/n019003l.pfb... 2129832 735500 2003984 660882 0 done.
Substituting espgsMissingChar for space
Error: /undefined in --get--
Operand stack:
   ( )   0   --dict:11/14(ro)(L)--   32   space   --dict:4/256(ro)(L)--   space
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   %finish_stringwidth   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   3   6   2   --nostringval--   (gs_show_enum)   %op_show_continue   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1052/1417(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:69/200(L)--   --dict:62/75(L)--   --dict:12/15(L)--   --dict:7/15(L)--   --dict:11/14(ro)(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 348926
ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1


-- 
Bill Moseley
moseley at hank.org





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