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

[Michael Sweet]

OK, file a bug with Ubuntu - they use different PDF filters and something in the font handling is messed up.

On Sep 29, 2010, at 1:29 PM, Steve Wilson wrote:

> I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and the CUPS packages from that distribution.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On 09/29/2010 04:25 PM, Michael Sweet wrote:
>> 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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