Alternate pdftops script

[Helge Blischke]

Hugh Caley wrote:
> 
> Helge, the new script doesn't seem to help.  Here's another printer file example that I got after putting in the new pdftops script:
> 
> http://loomer.com/d03780-001
> 
> although this won't have changed, will it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Hugh
> 
> > Hugh Caley wrote:
> > >
> > > Helge, I'd like to try your alternate pdftops script to get around the MacOSX landscape printing problem, but I'm unclear as to how to set it up.   I've downloaded pdftops.pl and the conf file, but I'm unclear as to where to put them, although the conf file says it goes into the CUPS_SERVERROOT directory.
> > >
> > > Do I rename the .pl file to just pdftops and put it in place of the old binary file?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Hugh
> >
> > Yes, just put the script into CUPS' filter directory and rename it to
> > pdftops
> > (I'd suggest to save the original binary in case you need a rollback).
> > I'll put a
> > hint into the inline docu shortly.
> >
> > Note that you need the pdftops utility from the xpdf 3.0 suite as some
> > of the
> > recommended settings in the conf file are not supported in earlier
> > versions.
> >
> > Helge
> >

Did you install the pdftops.conf in /etc/cups ? and did you assert that
it contains
the statement 

psPaperSize match

?

This directive is vital, as the default (when building xpdf) is set to
portrait letter.
You could try "-o pdf-paper=match" as an option to the print command.

As a last resort to nail the issue down, temporarily modify your
printers's URI to
file:/some_absolute_path_name
and enable printing to file in your cupsd.conf, restart CUPS, and post
an URL to the
generated file. And let me know which version of CUPS you are using.

Helge

PS: with my configuration, it prints OK.

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Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
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