[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#553404: cups: n-up printing incorrect

[Boris Barbour]

Package: cups
Version: 1.3.11-1+b1
Severity: normal


n-up printing does not work correctly. Use of the -o number-up=2 option 
(with the lpr command) causes two pages of the original document to be 
printed in half the output sheet (as if n-up=4 had been chosen). If I use 
-o number-up=4, the 4 pages are printed squashed into a quarter of the 
sheet. From okular (where I first discovered the bug), if I change the page 
order (from default LRTB to BTLR) 2-up printing then causes two full sheets 
of paper with the original pages sizes to be printed. Changing to landscape 
does not solve the problem in okular at least.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser                3.111             add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                     1.06.94-3.1       The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-client            1.3.11-1+b1       Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-common            1.3.11-1          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.27            Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript            8.70~dfsg-2+b1    The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-compat-libdns 0.6.25-1          Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility 
ii  libc6                  2.9-25            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2               1.4.1-4           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2          1.3.11-1+b1       Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.16-2          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.1-4         GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26            2.8.3-3           the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libijs-0.35            0.35-7            IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb5-3              1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2          2.4.17-1          OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g               1.1.0-4           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1              1.1.23+nmu1       library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler4            0.10.6-1          PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1                1.2.1-7.6         OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.1-4           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  lsb-base               3.2-23            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules           5.10.0-25         Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils [xpdf-ut 0.10.6-1          PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps                 1:3.2.8-1.1       /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert               1.0.23            simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  ttf-freefont           20090104-4        Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  avahi-utils               0.6.25-1       Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii  cups-driver-gutenprint    5.2.4-1        printer drivers for CUPS
ii  foomatic-filters          4.0-20090509-1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  ghostscript-cups          8.70~dfsg-2+b1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  smbclient                 2:3.3.4-1      command-line SMB/CIFS clients for 

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd               1.3.11-1+b1       Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-pdf               2.5.0-8           PDF printer for CUPS
ii  foomatic-db            20090616-1        OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine     4.0-20090509-1+b1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
ii  hplip                  3.9.4b-1          HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-jap <none>            (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  cupsys/raw-print: true
  cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, scsi, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd