Windows 8 + CUPS 1.4.4 + PostScript

[Steven Hunter]

We have a CUPS 1.4.4 server running on Ubuntu. We've had no real 
problems with Windows clients (XP, Vista, and 7) until people started 
showing up with Windows 8 laptops wanting to connect to our printers.

If we configure the queue using using the Windows 8 provided PCL driver, 
it works fine. However if we use the postscript driver then we get the 
raw postscript code printed as text. The printer I am testing with is a 
LJ3800, but we have seen this behavior with both a 4650 and 8150 as 
well. For now we're using the PCL driver as a work-around but there are 
some printers for which the PS driver is preferred and there's no reason 
I can see why it shouldn't work.

Neither I nor our Linux admin can figure why. Does anyone have any 
suggestions or pointers?

Thanks in advance.

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