[cups.general] PDFs Do Not Print

[Michael Sweet]

adfas asd 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.

Make sure you have the Xpdf software installed - Debian replaces the
normal pdftops filter included with CUPS with its own.  If you have
Xpdf installed, file a bug with the Debian folks to get the issue
resolved...

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