Problem with 'pdftops' filter
Helge Blischke
h.blischke at srz.de
Fri Apr 29 05:44:10 PDT 2005
Julien Bossert wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
Post (an URL to) both the PS and the PDF in question. I'd like to look
into.
Helge
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