Bug#457810: xpdf-utils did NOT fix the problem

[Ken Restivo <ken@restivo.org>]

The -cfg issue is a red herring. The printing fails whether or not it finds the -cfg file or even if it understands that option.

The problem still exists whether using xpdf-utils or poppler-utils version of pdftops. PDFs will not print.

This should probably be filed as a bug in pdftops.

The workaround is to use pdf2ps (part of ghostscript package) instead. If I convert the PDF manually using pdf2ps (NOT pdftops!), then the resulting ps prints perfectly

I propose that you modify /etc/cups/mime.conv in CUPS, to use pdf2ps instead of pdftops.

CUPS is pretty useless if it can't print PDF's.

-ken