[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#602047: cups: Printed document partially "vertically shifted", stair effect

[Dimitri Chausson]

Package: cups
Version: 1.4.4-3
Severity: important

When printing the document "eau_q_sociale_native_ep.ps" (see attached doc) using:
        lp eau_q_sociale_native_ep.ps
The output is "almost" correct, except that some pages of the documents have a
flaw. The document is 8 physical pages big and pages 3, 6, 7 and 8 all have the
same "stair effect". When looking at the picture I attached, you'll see what I
mean (the problem is highlighted). The driver showed by CUPS is: 
        Driver: HP LaserJet Series PCL 4/5, 1.3

Thanks for your help,

Dimitri



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser                3.112             add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                     1.06.95-2         The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-client            1.4.4-3           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-common            1.4.4-3           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.36            Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript            8.71~dfsg2-6      The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-client3       0.6.27-2          Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3       0.6.27-2          Avahi common library
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-6+squeeze1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcups2               1.4.4-3           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupscgi1            1.4.4-3           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsdriver1         1.4.4-3           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2          1.4.4-3           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsmime1           1.4.4-3           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsppdc1           1.4.4-3           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.24-3          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.5-4         GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26            2.8.6-1           the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.8.3+dfsg-2      MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libijs-0.35            0.35-7            IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb5-3              1.8.3+dfsg-2      MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2          2.4.23-6          OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g               1.1.1-6           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1              1.1.24            library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler5            0.12.4-1.2        PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1                1.2.1-7.8         OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.5-4           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libusb-0.1-4           2:0.1.12-16       userspace USB programming library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-23.1          Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules           5.10.1-15         Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils          0.12.4-1.2        PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps                 1:3.2.8-9         /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert               1.0.26            simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  ttf-freefont           20090104-7        Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  cups-driver-gutenprint      5.2.6-1      printer drivers for CUPS
ii  foomatic-filters            4.0.5-4      OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  ghostscript-cups            8.71~dfsg2-6 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd                      1.4.4-3    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  cups-pdf                      <none>     (no description available)
pn  cups-ppdc                     <none>     (no description available)
ii  foomatic-db                   20100630-1 OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine            4.0.4-3    OpenPrinting printer support - pro
pn  hplip                         <none>     (no description available)
pn  smbclient                     <none>     (no description available)
ii  udev                          163-2      /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japanese | <none>     (no description available)

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