[Desktop-packages] [Bug 923955] Re: pdftopdf filter fails to output form field values

2013-03-08 Thread Till Kamppeter
** Package changed: cups (Ubuntu) = qpdf (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923955 Title: pdftopdf filter fails to output form field values Status in “qpdf”

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 923955] Re: pdftopdf filter fails to output form field values

2013-02-19 Thread Tobias Hoffmann
Sorry, I forgot to subscribe and did not get your comment by mail... I think a recent evince will directly send pdf (and not ps) to cups. But it will 'rewrite' quite heavily. And yes, PDF is the new internal default format in the linux printing chain. This has more to do with having the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 923955] Re: pdftopdf filter fails to output form field values

2013-02-10 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/923955

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 923955] Re: pdftopdf filter fails to output form field values

2013-02-10 Thread Adam Reichold
An Ubuntu and qpdfview user seems to have had the same problem trying to print https://service.rundfunkbeitrag.de/e360/e364/e1685/e1699/resources1700/Buergerinnen_und_Buerger_Wohnungsabmeldung_0106.pdf;. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 923955] Re: pdftopdf filter fails to output form field values

2013-02-10 Thread Tobias Hoffmann
Form values are also lost with the old pdftopdf implementation (used in cups-filters before 1.0.21). Probably only the pdf-ps workflow ever worked. The form values are also lost by just using qpdf to 'non-destructively' rewrite the pdf. Therefore the problem is already present in the underlying

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 923955] Re: pdftopdf filter fails to output form field values

2013-02-10 Thread Adam Reichold
Concerning printing with Evince: I think it converts the PDF to PostScript before sending it to CUPS for printing hence flattening the interactive features. The problem manifests only if one tries to use lp (or similar commmands) directly or if the application (like qpdfview) tries to take

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 923955] Re: pdftopdf filter fails to output form field values

2013-02-10 Thread Philippe Laflamme
It's true that the example form has the Acrobat Professional extensions enabled. They're not required for basic form-filling, but they are for certain features such as comments and digital signatures. It's possible that doing pdf-pdf conversion will fail in this circumstance... Printing these