[Gutsy SRU Request] Ghostscript in Gutsy and Hardy is not able to print encrypted PDFs out of Adobe Reader 8.1.1
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GS-GPL |
Fix Released
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Critical
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foo2zjs (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Till Kamppeter | ||
Gutsy |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
foomatic-filters (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Till Kamppeter | ||
Gutsy |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ghostscript (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Till Kamppeter | ||
Gutsy |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ghostscript
There is a problem with printing secured PDFs from Abode Reader 8.1.1 to non PostScript printers. This problem is observed with Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10), more specifically where the version of GhostScript on the machine is "8.61 pre-release". The CUPS error logs show "GPL Ghostscript SVN PRE-RELEASE 8.61: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1". This issue is mentioned in bug# 145772 (https:/
Since the issue is not observed with the official stable release of Ghostscript 8.61 (http://
TEST CASE:
1. Take the PostScript file attached to this bug (first attachment) and let Ghostscript render it, passing the file in via standard input but without buffered reading:
cat encrpdf.ps | gs -sDEVICE=x11 -
2. Open the second attachment with Adobe Reader 8.1.1 (acroread) and try to print it on a non-PostScript printer and on a system where you did not manually apply the workarounds which I have shown in this bug report. Or print it into a file and then do the test case (1) with this file.
3. Do test case (2) with any encrypted/
Changed in gs-gpl: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in foomatic-filters: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in ghostscript: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in foo2zjs: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in gs-gpl: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in ghostscript: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
description: | updated |
Changed in gs-gpl: | |
importance: | Unknown → Critical |
Hello Neha,
thank you for that tipp - but while compiling the source (with make, after ./configure) it throws hundreds of warnings and ends with an error. I'm not a programmer, I just have to work with my computer... Can anyone help on this?
Thanks
Klaus