Problem with 'pdftops' filter

Julien Bossert anonymous at nowhere.com
Fri Apr 29 01:19:46 PDT 2005


> Julien Bossert wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > When printing a PDF file the content of the page is shifted more or
> > less 18 mm to the top of the paper and 3 mm to the left.  Here is a
> > sketch:
> >
> >    +-----+     +-ABC-+
> >    |     |     | DEF |
> >    | ABC |     | GHI |
> >    | DEF |     |     |
> >    | GHI |     |     |
> >    |     |     |     |
> >    +-----+     +-----+
> >
> > I obtain what appears on the right: the top part of the page is
> > missing and there's a blank at the bottom of the paper.
> >
> > I'm using CUPS 1.1.23 (Debian Sarge) on my Brother HL-5150D.
> >
> > This happens with every kind of PDF files (produced by me with
> > different softwares or downloaded from the web).  Moreover, when
> > using Scribus for instance, if I export a PS file the printing is
> > good, but if I export a PDF one it fails.
> >
> > Then I made a little test:
> >
> >     mpage -1 -bA4 test >t1.ps    OK
> >     ps2pdf test-1.ps t2.pdf      Shifted
> >     pdftops t2.pdf t3.ps         Shifted
> >     pdf2ps t2.pdf t4.ps          OK
> >
> > Tests with other PDF files show that 'pdf2ps' allows me to print
> > those files correctly.
> >
> > Does it mean that the 'xpdf' based 'pdftops' CUPS filter behaves
> > wrong in my case?  Did anyone had the same problem?  How can I solve
> > it?  Do I have to replace the filter by a 'ghostscript' based one?
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Julien
>
> Try the "alternate pdftops filter" which is a wrapper (written in
> Perl) to the original pdftops utility from the xpdf suite. It supports

This is what is done by default on Debian.

> the use of a configuration file (see: man xpdfrc for the details) and
> thus things like scale to fit and centering of the logical page onto
> the physical page etc. etc.

I've disabled all this options (shrinking, expanding, centering) in the
config file and it doens't change anything.  Nothing better if I enable them...  Quite logical because I'm printing A4 on A4.

> Helge
>
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