[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#605434: more test information

[Brent S. Elmer Ph.D.]

I ran some experiments for this bug.

1. ps-print-buffer from within emacs prints out the error page as
described in the bug reoprt.

2. Cntl-u ps-print-buffer sends the buffer to a postscript .ps file
   lp the .ps file prints the error page

3. ps2pdf the emacs created .ps file creates a .pdf file
   lp the .pdf file prints correctly

4. pdf2ps the .pdf file creates a .ps file
   lp the .ps file prints correctly

It looks like converting the emacs created .ps file to a .pdf causes
cups to print the file correctly.  Which looks like it has to do with
what Till changed in cups version 1.4.4-5 to close bug 593338.

I am including the original emacs created .ps file, the ps2pdf file, and
the pdf2ps file as attachments to see if it helps resolve this problem.

The problem might very well be in emacs but it didn't start until the
change for cups 1.4.4-5.  Also, ps2pdf seems to be able to handle the
emacs .ps file fine.


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