[cups.bugs] No print of PDF file from AR

[Till Kamppeter]

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    Till

alupu at verizon.net wrote:
> I sent the message below to "cups-bugs" a couple of days ago and no response yet.
> Am I missing the proper way to submit a bug (a la "Bugzilla")?
> Please let me know what I should do to get the attention of a specialist.
> Thank you
> ----------------------------------------------
> Hi
> 
> 686-pc-linux-gnu 2.6.20
> CUPS 1.2.7
> ESP Ghostscript 8.15.3
> gsview 4.8
> AdobeReader 7.0.9
> XFree86 4.6.0
> Parallel printer (Samsung ML-1750)
> 
> PROBLEM
> "Problem" PDF file cannot be printed from AdobeReader.
> 
> DETAILS
> A typical "good" PDF file log ("info"):
> I Adding start banner page "none" to job 120.
> I Adding end banner page "none" to job 120.
> I Job 120 queued on "ML-1750" by "root".
> I Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops ...
> I Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip ...
> I Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel ...
> 
> "Problem" PDF file log ("info"):
> I Adding start banner page "none" to job 121.
> I Adding end banner page "none" to job 121.
> I Job 121 queued on "ML-1750" by "root".
> I Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops ...
> I Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip ...
> I Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel ...
> E [Job 121] /undefined in --get--
> 
> "Problem" PDF file log ("debug"):
> ....
> D renderer command: gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE
>  -sDEVICE=ljet4 -sOutputFile=- - | perl -p -0033 -e " s/^&l\d+[aA]/$&/; "
> D foomatic-gswrapper: gs '-sstdout=%stderr' '-dBATCH'
>  '-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dNOPAUSE' '-sDEVICE=ljet4' '-sOutputFile=%stdout' '-'
> D ESP Ghostscript 815.03 (2006-08-25)
> ....
> D Loading NimbusMonL-Regu font from /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb
>  ... 2512824 1191101 2441188 662927 1 done.
> D Wrote 1 pages...
> D (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops) exited with no errors.
> D Substituting espgsMissingChar for dotlessi in the font N15
> E /undefined in --get--
> D Operand stack:
> D --dict:13/17(ro)(L)--  1  space  --dict:1/256(L)--  space
> D Execution stack:
> D Discarding unused printer-state-changed event...
> D %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  1  3  %oparray_pop  .runexec2  --nostringval--
>  --nostringval--  --nostringval--  2  %stopped_push  --nostringval--
>  %finish_show  --nostringval--  --nostringval--  9  6  0
>  --nostringval-- %(gs_show_enum)  %op_show_continue  --nostringval--
> D Dictionary stack:
> D --dict:1121/1686(ro)(G)--  --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:115/200(L)--
>  --dict:36/89(L)--  --dict:91/162(ro)(L)--  --dict:64/78(ro)(L)--
> --dict:13/17(ro)(L)--
> D Current allocation mode is local
> D Last OS error: 2
> D ESP Ghostscript 815.03: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
> ....
> 
> NOTES:
> 1. The "problem" file is a 2-page 66924-byte standard rebate text from newegg.
>    It's possible the file is imperfect PDF but
> 2. It prints without problems from AdobeReader (7.0.5) on Win XP (SP2)
>    (same physical system - dual boot).
> 3. Same problem with AdobeReader 7.0 and 7.0.8
> 4. The file is _displayed_ perfectly in AdobeReader, gs and gsview.
> 5. CUPS prints perfectly any other file from AdobeReader, and any kind of
>    file from any other application (including command line).
> 
> Thanks,
> -- Alex 
>  
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