pstopdf problem

[pipitas at gmail.com]

> A couple of weeks, I configure a new CUPS printer server to be able to use 200 printers, but, recently, I saw the partition /tmp is full.
>
> A lot of pstopdf.ABCDE, where ABCDE is a random string, which belongs to 'lp', right 600, size between 0 and 2.6MB.
>
> Why doesn't CUPS remove them ?
> Can I remove them, cups being off ?
>
> How can I configure cups to remove them ?


I'm not aware of any CUPS-provided component called "pstopdf" on Linux (it may be different on Mac OS X). However, CUPS provides an easy way to add "filter" or "backend" scripts/executables, and some Linux distros make use of that. If so, they are located side by side with the offical CUPS filters and backends, usually here:

  /usr/lib/cups/{backend,filter}/

You should...

 1st) check if you have a pstopdf filter/backend on in your CUPS paths
 2nd) using "strings" or "vim" to investigate the respective file
 3rd) find out who is the vendor of that pstopdf
 4th) contact that vendor

Cheers,
pipitas