[cups.general] Alternative pdftops filter does not work any more

[Till Kamppeter]

Michael R Sweet wrote:
> Till Kamppeter wrote:
>> ...
>> So to fix this problem we have the following possibilities:
>>
>> 1. Replace poppler-utils by xpdf-utils.
>> 2. Patch poppler-utils with the "-cfg" functionality taken from xpdf-utils
>> 3. Use a Ghostscript-based PDF filter. Note here that the script [1] 
>> needs some improvement to support the PDF-filter-related CUPS options
>> 4. Return to CUPS' original PDF filter (needs more space on distribution 
>> CDs and requires more security updates as it duplicates XPDF/Poppler code)
> 
> 5. Use the CUPS 1.4 PDF filter, which wraps either the Xpdf or
>     Poppler pdftops commands.
> 

Thank you very much. I have applied your filter (with some patches, see 
also http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2716) to the CUPS packages of Ubuntu 
and Debian now.

    Till