[cups.general] PDFs Do Not Print

Helge Blischke h.blischke at srz.de
Wed Mar 28 03:49:25 PDT 2007


adfas asd wrote:
> Thanks Michael.
> 
> Ya, I have xpdf installed.  I simply don't have the
> time to dissect the Debian website to figure out
> where/how to file a bug.  I guess this means I am out
> of luck.
> 
> Is it possible for me to install a standard pdftops? 
> Which package has the bad one, and which might have a
> good one?  I'll just copy over it, to survive.
> 
> 
> 
> --- Michael Sweet <mike at easysw.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>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...
>>
>>-- 
>>
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
>>Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike
>>at easysw dot com
>>Internet Printing and Document Software         
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It certainly would be helpful to have the opportunity to look
into a PDF that does not print.

Helge

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Helge Blischke
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