I tried 10.04 LTS (uses CUPS 1.4.3-1) and it worked fine, so it seems upstream bug. I report the issue in CUPS.BUGS:
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4026+P0+S-2+C0+I0+E0+M20+Q -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/921927 Title: current cups can't handle PPD encoded in JIS83-RKSJ right To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/921927/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs