Extremely slow printing of pdf file made from a powerpoint with background

[Rodolfo]

Hello. I've had this problems for years (Since Ubuntu 10.04) and I decided now to write about it. I have a few files that come from Powerpoint and saved into PDF. Those files have a background with some patterns/vectors/whatever that make the printing extremely slow. Processing of each of this pages takes several minutes.

You can find the file here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6rzee0q3nszbpd5/PPT%20with%20background.pdf?dl=0

Im using the following driver: HP Color LaserJet 9500 pcl3, hpcups 3.16.11. Using a Gutenprint driver seems to fix the issue. However. There are other several documents that have problems with Gutenprint, therefore, I would prefer to keep the HP driver and try with some different workaround.

The command I'm using to print is:
lp -d printer -o fit-to-page -o media=Letter -o number-up=4 -o page-border=none -o number-up-layout=btlr -o sides=two-sided-short-edge "/home/ubuntu/filename.pdf"

I hope we can find the bug. I've find several similar problems and no solution yet.

Thanks!

[Rodolfo (bopodelvalle)]

I forgot to add that I'm using now Ubuntu 16.04

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Rodolfo,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with cups. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu has been updated since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know, and in the current version, run the following (only once):
apport-collect BUGNUMBER
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu better.
G
[Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager]

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