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

[Gerald Britton]

Oh, perl scripts are in the cups filters direcroty. The binary on my
system says:

$ /usr/bin/pdftops -v
pdftops version 3.00
Copyright 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC



On 9/27/07, Gerald Britton <gerald.britton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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