[cups.general] Strange characters when printing from OS X to Linux CUPS server

[Michael Sweet]

It would help to know what Linux distribution you are using, however this sounds like an issue either in the PDF filter or Ghostscript.

On Sep 29, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Steve Wilson wrote:

> All,
> 
> I just upgraded to CUPS 1.4.3 and a few OS X users started complaining 
> that some of their documents now have odd characters added to them.  It 
> looks like most spaces are being replaced with a "double low-9 quotation 
> mark" (or a double comma).  The same document prints fine from a Linux 
> client.  Changing the font of the text from Times New Roman to a 
> different font on the Mac corrects the problem.
> 
> Before I spend too much time debugging this, I thought I'd put the 
> question out to the list to see if anyone has seen this problem before 
> and can suggest a solution.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Steve
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair