The CUPS wrapper script for the pdftops filter (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops) seems to be for the XPDF edition of pdftops which supports the "-cfg" option.
Simply replacing poppler-utils by xpdf-utils (from universe) via sudo apt-get install xpdf-utils fixes the problem. Another possibility is using Ghostscript as PDF filter for CUPS, replacing /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops by the attached script. This way I even succeeded to print a 400-pages PDF which made pdftops crashing. Note that the attached Ghostscript-based PDF filter does not support all CUPS options. So to fix this bug we have the following possibilities: 1. Replace poppler-utils by xpdf-utils. This would require a MIR for xpdf-utils 2. Patch poppler-utils with the "-cfg" functionality taken from xpdf-utils 3. Use a Ghostscript-based PDF filter. Note here that the attached script needs some improvement to support the PDF-filter-related CUPS options 4. Return to CUPS' original PDF filter (needs more space on CDs and requires more security updates as it duplicates XPDF/Poppler code) WDYT? Which solution should we go for? ** Attachment added: "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops wrapper script to use Ghostscript for PDF-to-Postscript conversion" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12158917/pdftops -- CUPS cannot print PDF files nor can PDF files be added to faxes with hp-sendfax https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182379 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
