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

[Gerald Britton]

I've tried both the old pdftops (that came with my cups distro) and
the new one that Helge pointed me to.  Both are perl scripts as it
turns out.

Helge has tried really hard and has earned my respect, that's for
sure!  Just wish this were easier!!

On 9/27/07, Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> wrote:
> 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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