[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#478248: cupsys: CUPS fails to print certain PDF files

[Moshe Yudkowsky]

Package: cupsys
Version: 1.3.7-5
Severity: important


This package worked just fine until the latest update from CUPS 1.3.7-1 to the present set of packages. While I can print some PDFs, other pdfs (such as ones created on the Macintosh) fail. Please note that this problem does *not* seem to be related to the XPDF utils -- the problem only occured after the latest CUPS update.
 
 
According to the debug output,

D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] Error: /undefined in ViZj1\
D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] Operand stack:
D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] 
D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] Execution stack:
D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nost
ringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1905   1   3   %oparray_pop   1904   1   3   %oparray_pop   1888   1   3   %oparray_pop   1771   1   3   %op
array_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--
D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] Dictionary stack:
D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] --dict:1152/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:99/200(L)--   --dict:65/75(L)--   --dict:18/25(L)--
D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] Current allocation mode is local
D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] Last OS error: 2
D [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] [Job 207] GPL Ghostscript 8.62: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
E [25/Apr/2008:07:59:39 -0500] PID 27481 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster) stopped with status 1!

For *some* older pdf files created on this Linux box, I see errors such as:

D [25/Apr/2008:08:05:23 -0500] [Job 208] Error: /ioerror in --image--

I if convert these failing older PDF files to PDF using ImageMagick ("convert x.pdf x.pdf"), the files print -- but the output is completely erroneous, a mass of splotches overlaying some distorted text.

The test print page prints normally. Some PDF files print normally. I suspect that the problem lies with the pstops or pdftops filters, but I can't find any documented method to test these filters.

Please let me know if you need additional information.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages cupsys depends on:
ii  adduser               3.107              add and remove users and groups
ii  cupsys-common         1.3.7-5            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.21             Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript           8.62.dfsg.1-2      The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  ghostscript-x [gs-esp 8.62.dfsg.1-2      The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  gs-esp                8.62.dfsg.1-2      Transitional package
ii  libavahi-compat-libdn 0.6.22-3           Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility 
ii  libc6                 2.7-10             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcupsimage2         1.3.7-5            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsys2            1.3.7-5            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3           1.2.1-1            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgnutls26           2.2.2-1            the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2         2.4.7-6.2          OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g              0.99.7.1-6         Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1             1.1.23             library for handling paper charact
ii  libslp1               1.2.1-7.2          OpenSLP libraries
ii  lsb-base              3.2-10             Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules          5.8.8-12           Core Perl modules
ii  procps                1:3.2.7-8          /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert              1.0.18             simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  xpdf-utils [poppler-u 3.02-1.3           Portable Document Format (PDF) sui

Versions of packages cupsys recommends:
ii  avahi-utils             0.6.22-3         Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii  cupsys-client           1.3.7-5          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-filters        3.0.2-20080211-3 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  smbclient               1:3.0.28a-2      a LanManager-like simple client fo

-- debconf information:
* cupsys/raw-print: true
* cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, scsi, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd