[cups.general] Problems printing PDF files through cups.

Kurt Pfeifle k1pfeifle at gmx.net
Thu Sep 27 12:42:40 PDT 2007


Gerald Britton wrote:

> On 9/27/07, Helge Blischke <h.blischke at srz.de> wrote:
>> Gerald Britton wrote:
>>> I've run the same job with both the old and new pdftops and the old
>>> and new pstops.  The results are the same no matter what.  The only
>>> thing that has made a difference is using the postcript driver instead
>>> of hpijs.
>>>
>>> I put "Nearest size and scale" in the printer options.  That means I
>>> do not need the option on the command line.  It doesn't really work
>>> though.  I still get a prompt for 12x18 stock.  If I also put -o
>>> PageSize=letter, I get it printed landscape on letter without a prompt
>>> but no scaling.
>>>
>>> The other weird thing is that if I use -o PageSize=legal, I have to
>>> manually tell the printer to use the stock in the drawer (that it
>>> knows!) has legal-size paper.
>>>
>>> Bottom line: Scaling to fit doesn't work with this release of cups,
>>> even with the alternate filters.


${WORKSFORME}.... [*1]

Anyway, I wasn't able to follow your conversation after my own comment,
and it seems Helge has already put in a big effort to solve the problem.

But please tell me one thing before I try to go down the wrong brain
loop: is it the wrapper-script based pdftops filter you are using (because
that's what your distro gave you instead of the original), or is it the
binary one that ships with CUPS originally?

--------
[*1] with the original pdftops binary as compiled from CUPS sources
     (which are derived from xpdf).

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