[cups.general] PDFs do not Print

Helge Blischke h.blischke at srz.de
Sat Mar 3 08:28:22 PST 2007


russbucket wrote:
> adfas asd wrote:
> 
> 
>>Does anyone have an idea of why printing a .pdf does
>>not work, yet printing every other format does? (even
>>.ps works)
>>
>>
>>
>>--- adfas asd <chimera_god at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>Debian Etch running Cups 1.2.7-4, and trying to
>>>print
>>>to a Gestetner DSc38u PS printer.  I've just
>>>installed
>>>this printer using the Cups server web interface, as
>>>KControl kept giving me "Client Errors".  I used the
>>>PS driver for this printer from linuxprinting.org.
>>>
>>>I can print anything except .pdf files.  Any idea
>>>why?
>>> 
>>>
>>>I CAN print jpg, text and ps files, but not pdf.
>>>With
>>>pdf Cups processes the file fine, and I see it all
>>>going out the network, but the printer never wakes
>>>up.
>>> This is true with large and small pdf's.
>>>
>>>What is different about pdf's?  They are the most
>>>important thing for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
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> Michaels answer to you is probably  correct. I run openSUSE 10.2, CUPS
> 1.2.7-12 and ghostscript 8.15.3-24 and both Adobe Reader and KPDF print
> fine.

Perhaps you could post (an URL to) a sample PDF file that does not print?

Helge


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