Activity log for bug #1553245

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2016-03-04 15:45:04 Erik Sch bug added bug
2016-03-04 15:45:04 Erik Sch attachment added A scanned page with and without the printing flaw https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1553245/+attachment/4588420/+files/scanPrintingProblem.pdf
2016-03-04 15:46:31 Erik Sch attachment added CUPS error_log excerpt of test page print https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/+bug/1553245/+attachment/4588421/+files/error_log.txt
2016-03-04 15:47:56 Erik Sch description Hi guys, I'm using a Canon iR-ADV 5240, which comes with a proprietary driver. The CUPS filters chain sends a pdf file through the following filters: bannertopdf -> pdftopdf -> pdftops -> pstoufr2cpca. The printed product that comes out of the printer, has a flaw in the typesetting at approx. 90% of each line. It's NOT persistent to the width of the PAGE, but to the width of the LINE. Meaning, if a line has only text through half of the page, the error is at approx. 90% of that line. Even a test page shows such problems: the surrounding line of the page is printed double on the right side of the page, as if there was a offset/shift of the stuff to be printed, which is superimposed with the actually correct result. I'm sorry, its a bit difficult to explain. I've attached scanned files to show the problem. So far, my assumption is that during one filtering step, the rastered/rendered product is messed up. However, the problem only occures when I use the printer which need pstoufr2cpca as the final filter step, to be converted into UFR. If I used THE SAME DRIVER (same PPD, same pstoufr2cpca etc.) on a DIFFERENT machine with a DIFFERENT Ubuntu (in this case, 14.04), there was NO printing problem. Thats why I deduce that the driver itself is not the problem. It must be an interplay between my version of the filters and the driver. Best regards, Erik Hi guys, I'm using a Canon iR-ADV 5240 with a Ubuntu 15.10 machine, which comes with a proprietary driver. The CUPS filters chain sends a pdf file through the following filters: bannertopdf -> pdftopdf -> pdftops -> pstoufr2cpca. The printed product that comes out of the printer, has a flaw in the typesetting at approx. 90% of each line. It's NOT persistent to the width of the PAGE, but to the width of the LINE. Meaning, if a line has only text through half of the page, the error is at approx. 90% of that line. Even a test page shows such problems: the surrounding line of the page is printed double on the right side of the page, as if there was a offset/shift of the stuff to be printed, which is superimposed with the actually correct result. I'm sorry, its a bit difficult to explain. I've attached scanned files to show the problem. So far, my assumption is that during one filtering step, the rastered/rendered product is messed up. However, the problem only occures when I use the printer which need pstoufr2cpca as the final filter step, to be converted into UFR. If I used THE SAME DRIVER (same PPD, same pstoufr2cpca etc.) on a DIFFERENT machine with a DIFFERENT Ubuntu (in this case, 14.04), there was NO printing problem. Thats why I deduce that the driver itself is not the problem. It must be an interplay between my version of the filters and the driver. Best regards, Erik