I was able to fix my own printing issues in Ubuntu 12.04.
http://unquietwiki.blogspot.com/2012/05/fixing-pdf-printing-problems-on-
ubuntu.html
Procedure
1. In a terminal, sudo bash or login as root.
2. Make the /usr/lib/cups/filters/pdfwash file with your favorite text editor
(nano or leafpad works).
3. Using the text editor, change the lines in the
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs file to look like what I posted.
4. chmod a+x /usr/lib/cups/filters/pdfwash
5. /etc/init.d/cups/restart
6. Exit the terminal.
Files
/usr/lib/cups/filters/pdfwash
#!/bin/bash
# CUPS filter to wash PDF output for printing
#jobid="$1"
#user="$2"
#title="$3"
#copies="$4"
#options="$5"
#file="$6"
temp_pdf=`mktemp /tmp/XXXXXX.pdf`
pdftocairo -q -pdf -origpagesizes $6 $temp_pdf
cat $temp_pdf
rm $temp_pdf
exit 0
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs
application/postscript application/pdf 0 pstopdf
application/vnd.adobe-reader-postscript application/vnd.cups-postscript
0 pstops
application/pdf application/vnd.cups-pdf 0 pdfwash
application/vnd.cups-pdf-banner application/vnd.cups-pdf 33
bannertopdf
#application/pdf application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 pdftops
#application/vnd.cups-pdf application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 pdftops
application/postscript application/vnd.cups-postscript 66
pstops
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Brother printer fails to print anything but a blank page
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