Very slow printing of PDF files with evince
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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evince (Ubuntu) |
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Low
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: evince
When I try to print reasonably complex pdf files (see attached example) with evince it can take up to half an hour before the first page emerges from the printer. Preparation of the print job in evince itself is fast (i.e. the progress bar only appears for a few seconds), but the print job just sits for a very long time in the print queue with a message that the printer is spooling. During this time the status message on the printer itself is "busy". The printer is a lexmark C530. When I print the same document through xpdf, which uses lpr, the pdf file is printed almost immediately. I only have this printing problem with evince, all other applications print normally.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 464ed6184a4fbf7
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a55581
Date: Tue Feb 2 16:52:35 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: evince 2.28.1-0ubuntu1.2
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: evince
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-18-generic x86_64
It seems that this is somehow related to the converted pdf that is generated from the original by evince/cups and sent for printing. When I do 'print to pdf' in evince and then try to print the resulting file (which is identical to the spool file generated by evince) using lpr, the resulting print job also stays stuck in the print queue. I'm not sure why the conversion step is even needed and why the original pdf file isn't just sent for printing directly.