Empty file! pdftops

[Helge Blischke]

David Arendt wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've installed cups on a Solaris 10 machine and configured a printer
> (lpd).
> 
> -----------------------------------
> http://localhost:631/printers/ptest
> 
> ptest (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Not Shared)
> Description:	ptest
> Location:
> Driver:	Canon iR5000-6000 (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
> Connection:	lpd://ptest/ptest
> Defaults:	job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm sides=one-sided
> -----------------------------------
> 
> It works when I'm printing a text file on shell, but it doesn't work when
> I want to print a PDF document.
> 
> # echo TEST | lp -d ptest
> request id is ptest-71 (0 file(s))
> -> OK
> 
> lp -d ptest  -n 1 /test.pdf
> request id is ptest-70 (1 file(s))
> -> NOK
> 
> Error message:
> -----------------------------------
> demande_offre.pdf  	root  	158k  	Unknown  	stopped
> "Empty print file!"
> -----------------------------------
> 
> If im right, the PDF will be pass via a filter called pdftops. By lauching
> the command /opt/csw/lib/cups/filter/pdftops ptest root TEST 1 /test.pdf
> 
> the file will be transfered to /tmp as tempfile. This file stucks by 0k
> and do not print.
> 
> Has anybody an idea?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Kind regard
> David

What cups version?
What kind of pdftops (based on xpdf, poppler, or ghostscript)?
What does the cups error_log tell?

Helge