I have done a test on simply running pdftops on the command line to convert your file and it takes more than 3 minutes:
t...@till:~/ghostscript/gpl/testfiles$ time /usr/bin/pdftops -level2 -origpagesizes cesifo1_wp1249-1.pdf - > out.ps real 3m10.118s user 2m45.060s sys 0m25.020s t...@till:~/ghostscript/gpl/testfiles$ So pdftops (or Poppler/XPDF in general) is too slow on converting this file. So it is a Poppler bug. ** Summary changed: - file won't print using any method + pdftops too slow with certain PDF files ** Package changed: cups (Ubuntu) => poppler (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Triaged ** Also affects: xpdf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xpdf (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: xpdf (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- pdftops too slow with certain PDF files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488710 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to poppler in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs