Bug#901408: cups-filters: gstoraster orientation problem

To: Mark Copper <mlcopper@gmail.com>, 901408@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#901408: cups-filters: gstoraster orientation problem
From: Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:30:00 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 18062018122645.b895cdda9bb3@desktop.copernicus.org.uk>
Reply-to: Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>, 901408@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 152882521449.2468.11402610469835926525.reportbug@polaris.milkyway>
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On Tue 12 Jun 2018 at 12:40:14 -0500, Mark Copper wrote:

> Package: cups-filters
> Version: 1.11.6-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> This problem arose with upgrade from Jessie to Stretch.
> 
> The problem I'm seeing seems to be in the CUPS filter gstoraster. That is, all is well at the preceding step:
> 
> # /usr/sbin/cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/Zebra.ppd -m application/vnd.cups-pdf -o orientation-requested=3 tag_generator.pdf > out.pdf
> 
> Well, almost. It was necessary to include the "orientation-requested=3" option to keep the document from rotating.
> 
> But at the next step, the document is laid on its side no matter the orientation requested:
> 
> # /usr/sbin/cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/Zebra.ppd -m application/vnd.cups-raster  out.pdf > out.ras
> 
> 
> Or, in more detail,
> 
> # pdfinfo out.pdf
> Producer:       PDF::API2 2.023 [linux]
> Tagged:         no
> UserProperties: no
> Suspects:       no
> Form:           none
> JavaScript:     no
> Pages:          1
> Encrypted:      no
> Page size:      90 x 144 pts
> Page rot:       0
> File size:      14151 bytes
> Optimized:      no
> PDF version:    1.4
> 
> output of "/usr/sbin/cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/Zebra.ppd -m application/vnd.cups-raster  out.pdf > out.ras" to standard error says this:
> 
> DEBUG: argv[0]="cupsfilter"
> DEBUG: argv[1]="1"
> DEBUG: argv[2]="root"
> DEBUG: argv[3]="out.pdf"
> DEBUG: argv[4]="1"
> DEBUG: argv[5]=""
> DEBUG: argv[6]="out.pdf"
> DEBUG: envp[0]="<CFProcessPath>"
> DEBUG: envp[1]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/pdf"
> DEBUG: envp[2]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
> DEBUG: envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
> DEBUG: envp[4]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups"
> DEBUG: envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups"
> DEBUG: envp[6]="LANG=en_US.UTF8"
> DEBUG: envp[7]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
> DEBUG: envp[8]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/Zebra.ppd"
> DEBUG: envp[9]="PRINTER_INFO=cupsfilter"
> DEBUG: envp[10]="PRINTER_LOCATION=Unknown"
> DEBUG: envp[11]="PRINTER=cupsfilter"
> DEBUG: envp[12]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=128m"
> DEBUG: envp[13]="USER=root"
> DEBUG: envp[14]="CHARSET=utf-8"
> DEBUG: envp[15]="FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=application/vnd.cups-raster"
> INFO: pdftopdf (PID 8482) started.
> INFO: gstoraster (PID 8483) started.
> DEBUG: OUTFORMAT="(null)", so output format will be CUPS/PWG Raster
> DEBUG: pdftopdf: Last filter determined by the PPD: rastertolabel; FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE: application/vnd.cups-raster => pdftopdf will not log pages in page_log.
> DEBUG: Color Manager: Calibration Mode/Off
> DEBUG: Calling FindDeviceById(cups-cupsfilter)
> DEBUG: Failed to send: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.NotFound:device id 'cups-cupsfilter' does not exist
> DEBUG: Failed to get find device cups-cupsfilter
> DEBUG: Calling FindDeviceById(cups-cupsfilter)
> DEBUG: Failed to send: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.NotFound:device id 'cups-cupsfilter' does not exist
> DEBUG: Failed to get device cups-cupsfilter
> INFO: Color Manager: no profiles specified in PPD
> DEBUG: Color Manager: ICC Profile: None
> DEBUG: Ghostscript using Any-Part-of-Pixel method to fill paths.
> DEBUG: Ghostscript command line: gs -dQUIET -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dNOINTERPOLATE -dNOMEDIAATTRS -sstdout=%stderr -sOutputFile=%stdout -sDEVICE=cups -dAdvanceDistance=1000 -r300x300 -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=90 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=162 -dcupsBitsPerColor=1 -dcupsColorOrder=0 -dcupsColorSpace=3 -dcupsCompression=-1 -dcupsRowStep=200 -scupsPageSizeName=w90h162 -I/usr/share/cups/fonts -c '<</.HWMargins[0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000] /Margins[0 0]>>setpagedevice' -f -_
> DEBUG: envp[0]="<CFProcessPath>"
> DEBUG: envp[1]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/pdf"
> DEBUG: envp[2]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
> DEBUG: envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
> DEBUG: envp[4]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups"
> DEBUG: envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups"
> DEBUG: envp[6]="LANG=en_US.UTF8"
> DEBUG: envp[7]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
> DEBUG: envp[8]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/Zebra.ppd"
> DEBUG: envp[9]="PRINTER_INFO=cupsfilter"
> DEBUG: envp[10]="PRINTER_LOCATION=Unknown"
> DEBUG: envp[11]="PRINTER=cupsfilter"
> DEBUG: envp[12]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=128m"
> DEBUG: envp[13]="USER=root"
> DEBUG: envp[14]="CHARSET=utf-8"
> DEBUG: envp[15]="FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=application/vnd.cups-raster"
> INFO: pdftopdf (PID 8482) exited with no errors.
> INFO: Start rendering...
> INFO: Processing page 1...
> INFO: Processing page 2...
> INFO: Rendering completed
> INFO: gstoraster (PID 8483) exited with no errors.
> 
> Note that Ghostscript is called with page size 90 by 162. But when one views the output with rasterview,
> 
> CUPS Raster Page Attributes:
> 
> MediaClass = ""
> MediaColor = ""
> MediaType = ""
> OutputType = ""
> AdvanceDistance = 1000
> AdvanceMedia = 0
> Collate = 0
> CutMedia = 0
> Duplex = 0
> HWResolution = [ 300 300 ]
> ImagingBoundingBox = [ 0 0 144 90 ]
> InsertSheet = 0
> Jog = 0
> LeadingEdge = 0
> Margins = [ 0 0 ]
> ManualFeed = 0
> MediaPosition = 0
> MediaWeight = 0
> MirrorPrint = 0
> NegativePrint = 0
> NumCopies = 1
> Orientation = 0
> OutputFaceUp = 0
> PageSize = [ 144 90 ]
> Separations = 0
> TraySwitch = 0
> Tumble = 0
> cupsWidth = 600
> cupsHeight = 375
> cupsMediaType = 0
> cupsBitsPerColor = 1
> cupsBitsPerPixel = 1
> cupsBytesPerLine = 75
> cupsColorOrder = CUPS_ORDER_CHUNKED
> cupsColorSpace = CUPS_CSPACE_K
> cupsCompression = -1
> cupsRowCount = 0
> cupsRowFeed = 0
> cupsRowStep = 200
> cupsNumColors = 1
> cupsBorderlessScalingFactor = 1.000000
> cupsPageSize = [ 144.000000 90.000000 ]
> cupsImagingBBox = [ 0.000000 0.000000 144.000000 90.000000 ]
> cupsInteger1 = 0
> cupsInteger2 = 0
> cupsInteger3 = 0
> cupsInteger4 = 0
> cupsInteger5 = 0
> cupsInteger6 = 0
> cupsInteger7 = 0
> cupsInteger8 = 0
> cupsInteger9 = 0
> cupsInteger10 = 0
> cupsInteger11 = 0
> cupsInteger12 = 0
> cupsInteger13 = 0
> cupsInteger14 = 0
> cupsInteger15 = 0
> cupsInteger16 = 0
> cupsReal1 = 0.000000
> cupsReal2 = 0.000000
> cupsReal3 = 0.000000
> cupsReal4 = 0.000000
> cupsReal5 = 0.000000
> cupsReal6 = 0.000000
> cupsReal7 = 0.000000
> cupsReal8 = 0.000000
> cupsReal9 = 0.000000
> cupsReal10 = 0.000000
> cupsReal11 = 0.000000
> cupsReal12 = 0.000000
> cupsReal13 = 0.000000
> cupsReal14 = 0.000000
> cupsReal15 = 0.000000
> cupsReal16 = 0.000000
> cupsString1 = ""
> cupsString2 = ""
> cupsString3 = ""
> cupsString4 = ""
> cupsString5 = ""
> cupsString6 = ""
> cupsString7 = ""
> cupsString8 = ""
> cupsString9 = ""
> cupsString10 = ""
> cupsString11 = ""
> cupsString12 = ""
> cupsString13 = ""
> cupsString14 = ""
> cupsString15 = ""
> cupsString16 = ""
> cupsMarkerType = ""
> cupsRenderingIntent = ""
> cupsPageSizeName = "w90h162"
> 
> Note that width and height were transposed.

Please post a sample PDF which exhibits this behaviour and attach the
PPD you used. The PPD compresses well with gzip.

Regards,

Brian.

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  - From: Mark Copper <mlcopper@gmail.com>

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