[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
FriedChicken, thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Dapper Desktop reached EOL on July 14, 2009. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We were wondering if this is still an issue in a supported release? If so, could you please execute the following via a terminal as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report: apport-collect -p brother-cups-wrapper-extra 222602 ** Changed in: brother-cups-wrapper-extra (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: brother-cups-wrapper-extra (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 Title: cupsys doesn't process postscript features To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openoffice/+bug/222602/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
Yes in brother-cups-wrapper-common there is the ppd file for this printer. Marking to confirmed. ** Changed in: brother-cups-wrapper-extra (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 Title: cupsys doesn't process postscript features To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openoffice/+bug/222602/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
** Changed in: openoffice Status: Unknown = Invalid -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
Usually the CUPS filter which converts PostScript into another format (for most drivers pstoraster or foomatic-rip) is supposed to read out the option settings embedded in the PostScript data stream. For the HP Photosmart C6180 the foomatic-rip filter is used and therefore the problem does not occur. For the Brother printers Brother's proprietary drivers are used. The CUPS wrappers (/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpd*) do not read option settings from the PostScript input stream. The filters /usr/Brother/lpd/filter* and /usr/Brother/lpd/psconvert* pass the PostScript inout directly into Ghostscript, without parsing option settings which are embedded. So all embedded options without active PostScript code to control Ghostscript get ignored. This is a bug in Brother's drivers. There is definitely no CUPS bug. ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
Reassigning this bug to brother-cups-wrapper-common, not sure which Brother package it really belongs on. ** Changed in: brother-cups-wrapper-common (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: openoffice.org = brother-cups-wrapper-common Importance: Medium = Undecided Status: Triaged = New -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
** Changed in: brother-cups-wrapper-extra (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: brother-cups-wrapper-common = brother-cups-wrapper-extra -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
** Bug watch added: OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker #95619 http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=95619 ** Also affects: openoffice via http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=95619 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium Status: Confirmed = Triaged -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
FriedChicken, So does cupsys pass the postscript as generated by OpenOffice.org directly to the printer? OpenOffice.org sends postscript as its print format (will be changing to PDF soon) to cupsys which then converts the postscript into whatever format that the print can understand so yes cupsys probably should be intrepeting the options being sent to it in postscript. Chris -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
Till, Feel free to weigh in on this discussion, I am be no means a printing expert, but it seems cupsys should be processing these options? Chris -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
I'm no printer expert, too, and weren't shure. But now I took a look into the CUPS documentation: filter - cups file conversion filter interface Synopsis filter job user title num-copies options [ filename ] from: http://cups.org/documentation.php/man-lpadmin.html (or man filter) So the options-argument is not optional and OOo has to pass this argument. If OOo uses lp or lpr each option hast to be passed as -o=option1. Till, please correct me, if I'm wrong. -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
Well even with the options passing as documented by cupsys to be used, it would be at least a wishlist bug if not more for cupsys to also properly parse options from postscript files sent to it, since it otherwise processes the postscript file before actually sending it to the printer. Chris -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
FriedChicken, As you yourself showed in the resulting postscript it set options that should have been parsed by cupsys. Now maybe you could argue that openoffice.org should also send those options directly to cupsys, but cupsys should also know how to print proper postscript documents sent to it. Chris -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
No, cupsys has not to parse the PS file. PS printers should, but CUPS filters (that are used by non-PS printers) don't necessarily need to. So it's a OOo bug. ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
A workaround is it to use kprinter as pseudo-printer and set the options in the kprinter dialog. That's not really satisfying but shows that this is a bug in OOo and not CUPS. -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 222602] Re: cupsys doesn't process postscript features
@ Chris Cheney Are you really sure this is a problem of cupsys? I'm not ... There should be no need for a cups filter to look into the PS file. And every application else than OOo handles this right by passing the correct options. -- cupsys doesn't process postscript features https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222602 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
