[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#660420: Some Postscript printer drivers (Kyocera, Brother, maybe others) do not work anymore

[Michael Schmitt]

Hi Wolfgang,

Am 06.03.2012 01:28, schrieb Wolfgang Walter:
> I can also confirm that printing to a kyocera FS-1300D (as a postscript-
> printer) does not work any more. It does not print and hangs instead.
>
> This seems to be due to the postscript file generated from the PDF by
> ghostscript (called by the pdftops cups filter in my case).
>
> To test I tried to print my .bashrc: lp .bashrc
>
> 1. I redirected the final output a file and then sent to the printer by hand:
> printer does not print and hangs.
>
> 2. I modified cupsfilters.convs such that I get the PDF. I then used pdf2ps to
> generate the postscript file. Sent it to the printer: printer does not print
> and hangs.
>
> 3. I used pdftops from poppler-utils to generate the postscript file: Sent it
> to the printer and it works.
>
> 4. I used ps2ps on this postscript file: the generated one does not work and
> printer hangs.
>
>
> I called gs with -sDEVICE=pswrite to genrate a postscript file from the PDF:
> that one worked.
>
>
> The only way I may print using cups with a kyocera FS-1300D as postscript
> printer is by printing to a file as PDF and then using acroread to actually
> print it.
>
>
> Regards

I tried to follow your explanations but somehow I did not succeed. :)

Anyway, did you try to set the printer to use a generic Postscript PPD 
as outlined here in this report before?

regards
Michael