[cups.general] PDFs do not Print

adfas asd chimera_god at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 16 13:52:43 PDT 2007


Well, I just installed the generic PCL 5e driver, and
it does print pdf's, although the print quality is not
good.  Also the printer is under the impression that
it's supposed to have thick paper, but I did not
specify that;  there's no way to specify that in the
generic PCL5e driver.

But this proves that there is some difference in how
the postscript and PCL drivers handle pdf's, since I
can't print them with the latter driver.




--- adfas asd <chimera_god at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- George Liu <george.liu at ussj.ricoh.com> wrote:
> > OK, so scenario number 1 and 2 works, but number 3
> > doesn't. 
> > 
> > Which means most of your printing system works
> fine,
> > the problem is
> > limited to your pdftops filter.
> > 
> > Again, check your error_log and see what pdf
> filter
> > you are using and
> > whether it reports any problems. 
> 
> OK, I printed the pdf from KPDF with cupsys set to
> debug, and starting at 'Started backend' I get the
> errorlog listing at bottom hereto.  Not sure what of
> it is relevant.  But the document never prints.  I
> can
> see data going out the network when I print, but it
> is
> only about a 2 second burst.  Maybe it should be
> more
> like 5 or 10 seconds of data, as it is with
> postscript
> file.
> 
>  
> > How about manually convert PDF to Postscript using
> > pdf2ps filter and raw
> > printing the generated Postscript to printer?
> (Sharp
> > and Gestetner)?
> 
> Yes, again this works fine.
> 
> 
> I [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 2336) for job 642.
> I [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] Started filter
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 2337) for job
> 642.
> I [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] Started backend
> /usr/lib/cups/backend/socket (PID 2338) for job 642.
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] Discarding unused
> job-state event...
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700]
> cupsdProcessIPPRequest:
> 8 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] cupsdCloseClient: 8
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] Discarding unused
> printer-state-changed event...
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] Discarding unused
> printer-state-changed event...
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] Discarding unused
> printer-state-changed event...
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] Discarding unused
> printer-state-changed event...
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] [Job 642] Connected
> to
> 10.0.10.91:9100 (IPv4)...
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:47 -0700] [Job 642]
> backendRunLoop(print_fd=0, device_fd=4, use_bc=1)
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] Page =
> 612x792; 12,12 to 600,780
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642]
> slow_collate=0, slow_duplex=0, slow_order=0
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] Before
> copy_comments - %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642]
> %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] %%Creator:
> xpdf/pdftops 3.00
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642]
> %%LanguageLevel: 2
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642]
> %%DocumentSuppliedResources: (atend)
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642]
> %%DocumentMedia: plain 612 792 0 () ()
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642]
> %%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] %%Pages: 1
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642]
> %%EndComments
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] Before
> copy_prolog - %%BeginDefaults
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] Before
> copy_setup - %%BeginSetup
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] Before page
> loop - %%Page: 1 1
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] Copying
> page
> 1...
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] pagew =
> 588.0, pagel = 768.0
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] bboxw =
> 612,
> bboxl = 792
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] PageLeft =
> 12.0, PageRight = 600.0
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] PageTop =
> 780.0, PageBottom = 12.0
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:48 -0700] [Job 642] PageWidth =
> 612.0, PageLength = 792.0
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642]
> foomatic-rip
> version $Revision$ running...
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Parsing PPD
> file ...
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> ColorSpace
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> Option1
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> Option5
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> Option30
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> Option40
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> Option50
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> Resolution
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> PageSize
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> PageRegion
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> ImageableArea
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> PaperDimension
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> InputSlot
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> LeadingEdge
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> Duplex
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> Collate
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RIPrintMode
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> ColorModel
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RPSBitsPerPixel
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RPSRGBcorrect
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RPSColorRendDict
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RPSDitherType
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RPSBlackMode
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RPSBlackOverPrint
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> Rcmyksimulation
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> MediaType
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> OutputBin
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RIStaple
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RIPunch
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RIWatermark
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> RIWMText
> D [12/Mar/2007:16:22:54 -0700] [Job 642] Added
> option
> 
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