Public bug reported:

I am running 64 bit Linux Mint 19.1, the Cinnamon desktop 4.0.9, with
kernel 4.15.0-45-generic.

Two days ago an update to ghostscript dated 20 FEB 2019 appeared, and
was applied to two of my machines (One is an Intel and one is an AMD,
but both are kept fully updated) that share a networked HP OfficeJet
6700 Printer.

At some point following the update, I happened to print a document, and
ended up with a blue background on every page, even otherwise blank
second sides. This occured regardless of a variety of originating
applications I used, such as LibreOffice, various text editors, and even
the CUPS "print test page" option.

It took me a while to troubleshoot this on that first machine (trying
different apps, reinstalling CUPS and so forth) until I realized the new
ghostscript update was the issue and that (after trying to print from
the second machine) it was affecting both machines.

I should note that, using the "non-CUPS" appearance of the same printer,
no blue background is present, but of course this provides no features
like ink-level reporting, dual-sided printing, etc.

I "restored" the ghostscript stuff from the last Timeshift backup and
that cured the issue but I think this is a serious matter that should be
addressed immediately (not the least because it's hard to read black
text on a blue background and it wastes a lot of ink).

I first posted this at
<https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=288613#p1598888> and
then sent an e-mail to marc.deslauri...@ubuntu.com (whose name was on
the update information) who advised me to post this bug here.

** Affects: ghostscript (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  GhostScript Update causes Blue Background

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