[cups.general] PageRegion not set (PPD from Xerox)

[Helge Blischke]

Martin Schuster (IFKL IT OS DSM CD) wrote:

> Very strange problem, hope someone can give me a hint:
> 
> How to reproduce:
> * Put attached hello.ps and printer.ppd into /tmp
> * PPD=/tmp/printer.ppd /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops 1 joe hello.ps 1 \
>      'media=A3' /tmp/hello.ps > out.ps
> 
> Result:
> No "PageRegion" in generated postscript. (see out_1.3.7.ps and
> out_1.4.3.ps)
> 
> Expected result:
> PageRegion should be present (see out_1.4b2.ps)
> 
> 
> As you might have guessed from the filenames, CUPS 1.4b2 gives
> the expected result, older (1.3.7) or newer (1.4.3) don't.
> 
> The PPD is taken from the Xerox website, fixed for errors reported
> by cupstestppd.
> 
> The testfile hello.ps is just a simple example -- I can reproduce
> the problem with more complex jobs.
> 
> 
> Is this a problem with the PPD-file?
> 
> Any help appreciated, I'm trying to solve/work around this problem
> for weeks now :(
> 
> tia,

What I found in the PPD is:
*UIConstraints:  *PageSize A3                    *BookletFinishingOpt

That means that even the (default) value of "None" for the booklet finishing 
option forces the pstops filter to discard A3 as page size.

But even if I specify A4 the resulting output contains no PS statement 
setting the media size whatsoever ...

Strange; will investigate further.

Helge