Bug#752146: [cups-filters] Missing rastertopdf filter
Package: cups-filters
Version: 1.0.54-1
Severity: normal
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I'm trying to hunt down a problem where the printer is listed as
Processing - "Waiting for printer to become available."
despite the printer being available. The file /var/log/cups/error_log
contains the following entries:
E [20/Jun/2014:06:00:44 +0200] Filter "rastertopdf" not found.
E [20/Jun/2014:06:28:24 +0200] [Client 15] Returning IPP
client-error-bad-request for Create-Printer-Subscriptions (/) from localhost
E [20/Jun/2014:07:32:53 +0200] Filter "rastertopdf" not found.
The rastertopdf filter is referred to in the cupsfilters.convs file, a
file that is provided by cups-filter package:
paul@sparkplug:~$ grep rastertopdf /usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs
image/pwg-raster application/pdf 32
rastertopdf
paul@sparkplug:~$ dpkg -S /usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs
cups-filters: /usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs
paul@sparkplug:~$
However, the filter "rastertopdf" is not provided by cups-filters:
paul@sparkplug:~$ dpkg -L cups-filters | grep rastertopdf
paul@sparkplug:~$
Nor does anything it depends on, as the file isn't available on my machine:
paul@sparkplug:~$ stat /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertopdf
stat: cannot stat ‘/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertopdf’: No such file or
directory
paul@sparkplug:~$
This points to a simple packaging error, as rastertopdf is available in
other distributions providing a 'cups-filter'-like package:
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/cups-filters/files/
I triggered the problem while investigating the main problem, probably
by printing a test page via KDE's "Manage Print Jobs" panel widget.
However, I have been unable to reproduce the problem.
--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64
Debian Release: jessie/sid
500 testing-updates ftp.de.debian.org
500 testing security.debian.org
500 testing ftp.de.debian.org
500 stable dl.google.com
100 jessie-backports ftp.de.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
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libc6 (>= 2.15) |
libcups2 (>= 1.4.0) |
libcupsfilters1 (>= 1.0.42) |
libcupsimage2 (>= 1.4.0) |
libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11) |
libfontembed1 (>= 1.0.31) |
libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) |
libijs-0.35 (>= 0.35) |
libpoppler44 (>= 0.24.5) |
libqpdf13 (>> 5.0.0~) |
libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1) |
cups-filters-core-drivers (>= 1.0.54-1) |
bc |
ghostscript (>= 9.02~) |
Recommends (Version) | Installed
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colord | 1.2.1-1
Suggests (Version) | Installed
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foomatic-db-compressed-ppds |
OR foomatic-db |
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