Bug#518256: cups: HW margins in PPD file are ignored - top first cm not printed
Package: cups
Version: 1.3.9-14
Severity: important
Hi,
after upgrading last week, printed pages have lost top first cm, and there is a large space at the bottom too.
After searching on net, I found LP bug similar to my problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/282186
and it seems the problem is in pstopdf script.
If I use the pstopdf from the bug above (final link - http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19430834/pstopdf ), than it works correctly for me.
Steps to reproduce:
- have installed some real PPD (I have HP OfficeJet R65) in CUPS
- print a test page to PDF through CUPS, it shows printable area:
/usr/sbin/cupsfilter -m application/vnd.cups-pdf -p /etc/cups/ppd/R65.ppd /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps >test1.pdf
- after some checking, I realized, that the paper size is taken from /etc/papersize and PPD is ignored. This is not corect.
I run more scenarios:
1) original pstopdf
echo letter > /etc/papersize
In output, there was:
Imageable Area
Page Size: 8.5x11.0in 215.9x279.4mm
Lower-Left: 0.0x0.0in 0.0x0.0mm
Upper-Right: 8.5x11.0in 215.9x279.4mm
I.e. PPD was ignored.
2) original pstopdf
echo a4 > /etc/papersize
In output, there was:
Imageable Area
Page Size: 8.26x11.7in 209.9x297.1mm
Lower-Left: 0.0x0.0in 0.0x0.0mm
Upper-Right: 8.26x11.7in 209.9x297.1mm
I.e. PPD was ignored.
3) after I replaced pstopdf from the link above, I had correct results:
echo letter > /etc/papersize
# yes, even with letter it reads correctly PPD: A4 with real margins
Imageable Area
Page Size: 7.99x11.07in 203.0x281.2mm
Lower-Left: 0.14x0.5in 3.4x12.7mm
Upper-Right: 8.13x11.57in 206.5x293.9mm
I.e. PPD was used correctly for paper size and margins.
It seems, that this was already fixed in cups 1.3.9-3, but now in 1.3.9-14 it is again here. Why is it back?
Workaround for me: use pstopdf from the link above.
Regards,
Lada
P.S.
It is really important bug, mainly for my wife :-)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-486
Locale: LANG=czech, LC_CTYPE=czech (charmap=ISO-8859-2)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii bc 1.06.94-3 The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii cups-common 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.25 Debian configuration management sy
ii ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-2 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii libavahi-compat-libdn 0.6.24-2 Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcups2 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libcupsimage2 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.12-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
hi libgcc1 1:4.3.3-4 GCC support library
ii libgnutls26 2.6.4-2 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libijs-0.35 0.35-6 IJS raster image transport protoco
ii libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-6 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.11-1 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpaper1 1.1.23+nmu1 library for handling paper charact
ii libpoppler3 0.8.7-1 PDF rendering library
ii libslp1 1.2.1-7.5 OpenSLP libraries
hi libstdc++6 4.3.3-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii perl-modules 5.10.0-19 Core Perl modules
ii poppler-utils [xpdf-u 0.8.7-1 PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii procps 1:3.2.7-11 /proc file system utilities
ii ssl-cert 1.0.23 simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii avahi-utils 0.6.24-2 Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii cups-client 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii foomatic-filters 4.0-20090301-1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii gsfonts-x11 0.21 Make Ghostscript fonts available t
ii smbclient 2:3.3.0-3 command-line SMB/CIFS clients for
ii ttf-freefont 20080323-3 Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii cups-bsd 1.3.9-14 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
pn cups-driver-gutenprint <none> (no description available)
ii cups-pdf 2.5.0-1 PDF printer for CUPS
ii foomatic-db 20090301-1 OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii foomatic-db-engine 4.0-20090301-1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
ii hplip 2.8.12-3 HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
pn xpdf-korean | xpdf-japane <none> (no description available)
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