[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#518256: cups: HW margins in PPD file are ignored - top first cm not printed

[Ladislav Dobias]

Package: cups
Version: 1.3.9-14
Severity: important


Hi,

after upgrading last week, printed pages have lost top first cm, and there is a large space at the bottom too.
After searching on net, I found LP bug similar to my problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/282186
and it seems the problem is in pstopdf script.

If I use the pstopdf from the bug above (final link - http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19430834/pstopdf ), than it works correctly for me.

Steps to reproduce:
- have installed some real PPD (I have HP OfficeJet R65) in CUPS
- print a test page to PDF through CUPS, it shows printable area:
  /usr/sbin/cupsfilter -m application/vnd.cups-pdf -p /etc/cups/ppd/R65.ppd /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps >test1.pdf

- after some checking, I realized, that the paper size is taken from /etc/papersize and PPD is ignored. This is not corect.

I run more scenarios:
1) original pstopdf 
  echo letter > /etc/papersize
  In output, there was:

     Imageable Area
     Page Size: 8.5x11.0in 215.9x279.4mm
     Lower-Left: 0.0x0.0in 0.0x0.0mm
     Upper-Right: 8.5x11.0in 215.9x279.4mm

  I.e. PPD was ignored.

2) original pstopdf
   echo a4 > /etc/papersize
   In output, there was:

      Imageable Area
      Page Size: 8.26x11.7in 209.9x297.1mm
      Lower-Left: 0.0x0.0in 0.0x0.0mm
      Upper-Right: 8.26x11.7in 209.9x297.1mm

   I.e. PPD was ignored.

3) after I replaced pstopdf from the link above, I had correct results:
   echo letter > /etc/papersize
   # yes, even with letter it reads correctly PPD: A4 with real margins

      Imageable Area
      Page Size: 7.99x11.07in 203.0x281.2mm 
      Lower-Left: 0.14x0.5in 3.4x12.7mm
      Upper-Right: 8.13x11.57in 206.5x293.9mm

   I.e. PPD was used correctly for paper size and margins.

It seems, that this was already fixed in cups 1.3.9-3, but now in 1.3.9-14 it is again here. Why is it back?

Workaround for me: use pstopdf from the link above.

Regards,
Lada

P.S.
It is really important bug, mainly for my wife :-)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-486
Locale: LANG=czech, LC_CTYPE=czech (charmap=ISO-8859-2)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser               3.110              add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                    1.06.94-3          The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-common           1.3.9-14           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.25             Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript           8.63.dfsg.1-2      The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-compat-libdn 0.6.24-2           Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility 
ii  libc6                 2.7-18             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2              1.3.9-14           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2         1.3.9-14           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3           1.2.12-1           simple interprocess messaging syst
hi  libgcc1               1:4.3.3-4          GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26           2.6.4-2            the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libijs-0.35           0.35-6             IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-6 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2         2.4.11-1           OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g              1.0.1-5            Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1             1.1.23+nmu1        library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler3           0.8.7-1            PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1               1.2.1-7.5          OpenSLP libraries
hi  libstdc++6            4.3.3-4            The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  lsb-base              3.2-20             Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules          5.10.0-19          Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils [xpdf-u 0.8.7-1            PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps                1:3.2.7-11         /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert              1.0.23             simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  avahi-utils               0.6.24-2       Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii  cups-client               1.3.9-14       Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-filters          4.0-20090301-1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  gsfonts-x11               0.21           Make Ghostscript fonts available t
ii  smbclient                 2:3.3.0-3      command-line SMB/CIFS clients for 
ii  ttf-freefont              20080323-3     Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd                  1.3.9-14       Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  cups-driver-gutenprint    <none>         (no description available)
ii  cups-pdf                  2.5.0-1        PDF printer for CUPS
ii  foomatic-db               20090301-1     OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine        4.0-20090301-1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
ii  hplip                     2.8.12-3       HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japane <none>         (no description available)

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