On Thu 02 Aug 2012 at 20:28:32 +0100, Dom wrote: > On 02/08/12 19:54, Brian wrote: > >On Thu 02 Aug 2012 at 20:17:27 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > >>Am Montag, 23. Juli 2012 schrieb Brian: > >>> > >>>All the major applications on the popular DEs are now geared up to > >>>output in PDF format when printing. > >> > >>Haven´t there been plans to switch CUPS to use PDF internally as well? > > > >May I repeat the URL given previously: > > > > > > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/pdfasstandardprintjobformat > > > >Having applications produce output in PDF was all part of the plan to > >have the complete printing workflow with CUPS use PDF. All the > >essentials are now in place. It has been a truly remarkable effort. > > It seems to be a good plan. I can see the advantages in it. > > A pity it doesn't quite seem to work for me. I use a Brother > HL5250DN printer, which used to work fine. > > For a while now I've been unable to print from Iceweasel to that > printer (it works on my Epson Stylus Color 470, although I can't get > the margins set right). I believe this is due to Brother's BRScript > Postscript emulation. I know some fixes are in place for that, but > it still doesn't work - just prints an error page. > > Recently gedit has failed to print properly, just prints a line of > gobbldegook followed by several blank pages.
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