Have EXACTLY the same issue - occurred recently (last couple of days)
here's cups error_log:
Page 1 (Scheduler not running?):
{'cups_connection_failure': False}
Page 2 (Choose printer):
{'cups_dest': <cups.Dest HL-2140-series>,
'cups_instance': None,
'cups_queue': 'HL-2140-series',
'cups_queue_listed': True}
Page 3 (Check printer sanity):
{'cups_device_uri_scheme': u'usb',
'cups_printer_dict': {'device-uri': u'usb://Brother/HL-2140%20series',
'printer-info': u'Brother HL-2140 series',
'printer-is-shared': True,
'printer-location': u'NSA',
'printer-make-and-model': u'Brother HL2140 for CUPS',
'printer-state': 3,
'printer-state-message': u'/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf
failed',
'printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
'printer-type': 4100,
'printer-uri-supported':
u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/HL-2140-series'},
'cups_printer_remote': False,
'is_cups_class': False}
Page 4 (Check PPD sanity):
{'cups_printer_ppd_defaults': {u'General': {u'BrMediaType': u'PLAIN',
u'InputSlot': u'TRAY1',
u'PageRegion': u'Letter',
u'PageSize': u'Letter',
u'Resolution': u'600dpi',
u'Sleep': u'PrinterDefault',
u'TonerSaveMode': u'Off'}},
'cups_printer_ppd_valid': True,
'missing_pkgs_and_exes': ([], [])}
Page 5 (Local or remote?):
{'printer_is_remote': False}
Page 6 (Choose device):
{'cups_device_dict': {'device-class': u'direct',
'device-id': u'MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,HBP;MDL:HL-2140
series;CLS:PRINTER;PR',
'device-info': u'Brother HL-2140 series USB #2',
'device-make-and-model': u'Brother HL-2140 series'}}
Page 7 (Printer state reasons):
{'printer-state-message': u'/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf failed',
'printer-state-reasons': [u'none']}
Page 8 (Print test page):
{'test_page_attempted': '23/Jun/2010:05:56:54 +0000',
'test_page_job_status': [(True,
33,
'HL-2140-series',
'Test Page',
'Stopped',
{'attributes-charset': u'utf-8',
'attributes-natural-language': u'en-us',
'document-format': u'application/postscript',
'job-hold-until': u'no-hold',
'job-id': 33,
'job-k-octets': 150,
'job-media-sheets-completed': 0,
'job-more-info': u'ipp://localhost:631/jobs/33',
'job-name': u'Test Page',
'job-originating-host-name': u'localhost',
'job-originating-user-name': u'reaper',
'job-preserved': True,
'job-printer-state-message':
u'/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf failed',
'job-printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
'job-printer-up-time': 1277290624,
'job-printer-uri':
u'ipp://NSA:631/printers/HL-2140-series',
'job-priority': 50,
'job-sheets': [u'none', u'none'],
'job-state': 6,
'job-state-reasons': u'job-stopped',
'job-uri': u'ipp://localhost:631/jobs/33',
'job-uuid':
u'urn:uuid:6890ee4b-5a63-3192-610b-ccdd53414965',
'printer-uri':
u'ipp://localhost/printers/HL-2140-series',
'time-at-completed': None,
'time-at-creation': 1277289905,
'time-at-processing': 1277289905}),
(True,
34,
'HL-2140-series',
'Test Page',
'Stopped',
{'attributes-charset': u'utf-8',
'attributes-natural-language': u'en-us',
'document-format': u'application/postscript',
'job-hold-until': u'no-hold',
'job-id': 34,
'job-k-octets': 17,
'job-media-sheets-completed': 0,
'job-more-info': u'ipp://localhost:631/jobs/34',
'job-name': u'Test Page',
'job-originating-host-name': u'localhost',
'job-originating-user-name': u'reaper',
'job-preserved': True,
'job-printer-state-message':
u'/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf failed',
'job-printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
'job-printer-up-time': 1277290624,
'job-printer-uri':
u'ipp://NSA:631/printers/HL-2140-series',
'job-priority': 50,
'job-sheets': [u'none', u'none'],
'job-state': 6,
'job-state-reasons': u'job-stopped',
'job-uri': u'ipp://localhost:631/jobs/34',
'job-uuid':
u'urn:uuid:4f55f77d-23a1-3db1-7cd0-ad644fc01d54',
'printer-uri':
u'ipp://localhost/printers/HL-2140-series',
'time-at-completed': None,
'time-at-creation': 1277290614,
'time-at-processing': 1277290614})],
'test_page_successful': False}
Page 9 (Locale issues):
{'printer_page_size': u'Letter',
'system_locale_lang': None,
'user_locale_ctype': 'en_US',
'user_locale_messages': 'en_US'}
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Printer is Brother HL-2140 on ubuntu 8.10
and of cousre " /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf failed" status mesg..
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"/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf failed" for any PDF
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596095
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