[cups.general] Default cpi for lp/lpr not working in 1.4.1

[Michael Sweet]

On Dec 4, 2009, at 11:33 AM, tinnews at isbd.co.uk wrote:

> Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 4, 2009, at 9:53 AM, tinnews at isbd.co.uk wrote:
>>>   D [04/Dec/2009:17:42:00 +0000] PID 2650 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf) exited with no errors.
>> 
>> This is the problem.  Please report this to the Ubuntu folks - they need to fix their text filter.
>> 
> Is there a workaround I can apply to fix the immediate problem?  (I'm
> happy to edit config files, change scripts and even compile stuff if
> necessary) 

Look for a *.convs file in /usr/share/cups/mime or /etc/cups that has "texttopdf" in it.  Comment out any lines that refer to this filter and restart cupsd.

> ... and what do I report to the Ubuntu people exactly, I can hardly
> just copy the above line to them!  :-)

They need to support the standard CUPS text options documented here:

    http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.php

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer