Ubuntu
gs-esp package

  1. Bug #36532
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 36532

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Geoff Jacobsen (geoffj) wrote : Re: Unable to print text or ps/pdf to gutenprint printer

The file /etc/cups/pstoraster.convs is present in the gs-esp deb package but doing a --reinstall does not result in it being copied to the filesystem :(

So I did a

$ sudo dpkg --purge --force-all gs-esp

followed by a

$ sudo apt-get install gs-esp

This resulted in a fully working printer using the gutenprint driver with an unmodified ppd. I deleted the printer and re-added it to make sure.

So it appears to me there is a bug in the install script for gs-esp which does not install pstoraster.conv if the package is already configured even when the file is missing therefore only affecting upgraded systems and not newly installed systems.

Thanks Pascal for your help!