Thank, I fully understand the difference between qpdfview and qpdf. ldd /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf | grep qpdf results in no data.
I have these installed: $ dpkg -l | grep qpdf ii libqpdf13 5.0.1-1~precise1 runtime library for PDF transformation/inspection software ii qpdf 5.0.1-1~precise1 tools for and transforming and inspecting PDF files ii qpdfview 0.4.7-1~precise1 tabbed document viewer ii qpdfview-djvu-plugin 0.4.7-1~precise1 tabbed document viewer - DjVu plugin ii qpdfview-ps-plugin 0.4.7-1~precise1 tabbed document viewer - PostScript plugin ii qpdfview-translations 0.4.7-1~precise1 tabbed document viewer - translations pdftopdf filter: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6.4K May 18 2012 pstopdf $ file pdftopdf pdftopdf: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.24, BuildID[sha1]=0xb35d9167813e00282bb4f9645aa828972f1d1201, stripped -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to qpdf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263784 Title: PDF form data is blank when printed with lp Status in “qpdf” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I first discovered this bug with qpdfview (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/qpdfview/+bug/1260131). We've since narrow this down to a possible qpdf issue. Brief of 1260131: qpdfview will not print pdf form data w/Ubuntu 12.04 & 13.04. So we tested with lp with 12.04 and 13.04, and other distros: 12.04 & 13.04: lp will not print pdf form data qpdf versions tested: 4.2.0-2 5.0.1-1~precise1 Fedora 19: lp works with qpdf: 5.0.1-1.fc19 13.04: $ apt-cache policy qpdf qpdfview cups cups-pdf qpdf: Installed: 4.2.0-2 Candidate: 4.2.0-2 Version table: *** 4.2.0-2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status qpdfview: Installed: 0.4.3-1 Candidate: 0.4.3-1 Version table: *** 0.4.3-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status cups: Installed: 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.1 Candidate: 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.1 Version table: *** 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages cups-pdf: Installed: 2.6.1-9 Candidate: 2.6.1-9 Version table: *** 2.6.1-9 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ================================================================================== 12.04: $ apt-cache policy qpdfview qpdfview: Installed: 0.4.7-1~precise1 Candidate: 0.4.7-1~precise1 Version table: *** 0.4.7-1~precise1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/b-eltzner/qpdfview-exp/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy qpdf qpdf: Installed: 5.0.1-1~precise1 Candidate: 5.0.1-1~precise1 Version table: *** 5.0.1-1~precise1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/b-eltzner/qpdfview-exp/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.3.1-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qpdf/+bug/1263784/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp