Tag: xpdf
PDF printing and Cups (The Cups Drama ™ Part 2!)
by BenV on Aug.25, 2009, under Software
Here we are today, trying to do a very simple thing. Print a stupid little PDF document so our customers can pay their bills.
Easy huh? Especially after the previous cups drama?
So we fire up xpdf on the document, hit the print icon, lpr, GO!
*time passes*
Mhm, what is it now?
*check http://localhost:631*
Nope, no document there, seems like it was handled by the printer.
*check cups error_log*
Heaps of garbage there.
Remember that we had this issue left in our previous cups story? Something about PDF printing causing issues? (continue reading…)
