Cannot print some PDFs in Evince on 64-bit Ubuntu

[Clemens Brunner]

Binary package hint: evince

There are some PDFs that I cannot print using Evince (I've attached an example). However, this is only true for the 64-bit edition of Ubuntu (in 32-bit, everything is working as expected).

Printing such a PDF from Evince sends it to the printer. It shows up in the queue and exits normally. However, the printer does not do anything. Also, it's not a printer problem because I've tried 2 different printers.

The problematic PDF prints without problems when using Adobe Reader.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 10 12:47:15 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: evince 2.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: evince
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

Could you please try updating to the recently released libcairo2 1.8.8-2ubuntu1.1 package and see if it fixes your PDF printing issue?

[ma2412ma (ma2412ma)]

I've tested it with the latest version of libcairo2 (1.8.8-2ubuntu1.1) and it works. Therefore, I think this bug (and also the one that has already been reported but Sebastien did not provide a link to) can be closed.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

@ma2412ma - It's good to know that printing PDF's is now working for you. However unless you are the same person as Clemens Brunner I think we should leave this bug open until we hear from him/her.

[Clemens Brunner (clemens-brunner)]

I can confirm that printing now works.

[madbiologist (me-again)]

Thanks. Changing status to fixed.