On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 05:32:27PM +0200, Agustin Martin wrote: > > I noticed that for cups 1.3 or higher a pre-processing filter can be used. > If pstopdf cups filter is available, adding following lines to ppd file > seems to make things work here, > > > *% PDF prefilter to work around a problem with some Brother printers > *cupsVersion: 1.3 > *cupsPreFilter: "application/pdf 100 pstopdf"
Attaching the actual diffs -w I tested, recreated from foomatic-bd sources. Regards, -- Agustin
diff --git a/db/source/PPD/Brother/BR9450_2_GPL.ppd b/db/source/PPD/Brother/BR9450_2_GPL.ppd index 0c90e7e..561ed88 100644 --- a/db/source/PPD/Brother/BR9450_2_GPL.ppd +++ b/db/source/PPD/Brother/BR9450_2_GPL.ppd @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ *ShortNickName: "Brother MFC-9450CDN BR-Script3" *ModelName: "Brother MFC-9450CDN BR-Script3" *NickName: "Brother MFC-9450CDN BR-Script3" +*% PDF pre-filter to work around a problem with some Brother printers +*cupsVersion: 1.3 +*cupsPreFilter: "application/pdf 100 pstopdf" *%==== Basic Device Capabilities ============= *LanguageLevel: "3" diff --git a/db/source/PPD/Brother/BR9840_2_GPL.ppd b/db/source/PPD/Brother/BR9840_2_GPL.ppd index 781d3c4..d99c597 100644 --- a/db/source/PPD/Brother/BR9840_2_GPL.ppd +++ b/db/source/PPD/Brother/BR9840_2_GPL.ppd @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ *ShortNickName: "Brother MFC-9840CDW BR-Script3" *ModelName: "Brother MFC-9840CDW BR-Script3" *NickName: "Brother MFC-9840CDW BR-Script3" +*% PDF pre-filter to work around a problem with some Brother printers +*cupsVersion: 1.3 +*cupsPreFilter: "application/pdf 100 pstopdf" *%==== Basic Device Capabilities ============= *LanguageLevel: "3"
