On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:11:02 +0000 Brian Potkin wrote: [...] > On Tue 28 Oct 2014 at 22:31:29 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:24:08 +0000 Brian Potkin wrote: > > > > > These applications use cairo; a PDF submitted to cups is not the same > > > PDF submitted by lpr and lp. > > > > It seems to me that cairo uses more robust ways to submit print jobs to > > cups: would it be possible to modify lpr so that it may use cairo to do > > the "rendering" before submitting the print job to cups? > > The conversion of a PDF to a PDF may be seen as unnecessary and unlikely > to meet with universal approval. For example: > > > https://www.bountysource.com/issues/1333719-printing-if-input-file-is-ps-file-gets-directly-passed-to-cups-if-it-is-pdf-an-ugly-rerendering-happens
Wow, this is really awkward: slow libcairo processing? ugly result?
my own experience is quite the opposite... :-/
>
> You may do this for yourself if you want by having 'pdftocairo -pdf' in
> your workflow.
I tried to use
$ pdftocairo -pdf foo.pdf - | lpr
and it seems to work, although it's clearly unpractical to type every
time...
[...]
> > > We could do with knowing what printers are used, their PPDs and how they
> > > are connected.
> >
> > Two examples.
> >
> > HP LaserJet 1320n
> > -----------------
> > connected via Ethernet LAN and configured with the following commands:
> >
> > # lpadmin -p lj -E -v lpd://x.y.z.w/lp0 \
> > -m foomatic:HP-LaserJet_1320-pxlmono.ppd \
> > -o pdftops-renderer=pdftops \
> > -D "HP LaserJet 1320"
> > # lpoptions -p lj -o media=A4 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
>
> That PPD outputs HP Printer Job Language and not PostScript. I don't
> think -o will have any effect. It could be used with the Phasor though.
I found a way to solve or work around the bug: I now use a PostScript
PPD and pdftocairo as PDF→PS renderer.
For instance:
# lpadmin -p lj -E -v lpd://x.y.z.w/lp0 \
-m postscript-hp:0/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_1320-ps.ppd \
-o pdftops-renderer-default=pdftocairo \
-D "HP LaserJet 1320"
# lpoptions -p lj -o media=A4 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge
After this print queue reconfiguration, lpr prints the troublesome
files correctly and it even seems to do so in shorter processing
times! :-)
I tested the same solution or workaround on other printers, with
similar results.
I hope this strategy may work for the other users as well.
Bye!
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