[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#662780: cups: new version causes printer to hang for ages, then only print a blank page

[Anders Hammarquist]

In a message of Thu, 17 May 2012 16:14:45 +0200, Paul Menzel writes:
>> > cups 1.5.2-8 fixes LP #951627 and has entered unstable. Hopefully you
>> > will be able to say it addresses your problem too.
>
>I think I experienced that problem today with `cups` 1.5.2-11 and
>cups-filter 1.0.16-2 and 1.0.18-1.
>
>Do you still experience this problem or is this fixed for you and I
>should open a separate report?

I still see it with cups 1.5.2-8 and cups-filters 1.0.5-1, upgrading now
to check with current version...
and cups 1.5.2-11 / cups-filters 1.0.18-1 exhibit the blank-page printing
at least (I don't have a PDF that I know for sure to trigger the "ghostscript
takes forever" part of the bug handy right now, but feel free to mail me
the one that caused the problem for you and I can try it here too.)

I suspect, reading the Ubuntu bug reports, that some fixes were applied
specifically for Kyocera (and Brother, respectively) printers, and since
mine is a Lexmark those fixes don't trigger for me. I haven't looked at
the code though.

/Anders

>PS: Anders and Brian, next time you follow up on a bug report, please
>use `bts show --mbox 662780` and import the message to your mail
>program. That way the threading is kept. `bts` is packaged in
>`devscripts`. That would be awesome.

Neat.