diff -u gscan2pdf-0.9.21/debian/changelog gscan2pdf-0.9.21/debian/changelog
--- gscan2pdf-0.9.21/debian/changelog
+++ gscan2pdf-0.9.21/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+gscan2pdf (0.9.21-1ubuntu4) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * Force depth before embedding image in PDF
+    LP: #204988 (gscan2pdf generates blank pages in the .pdf output)
+
+ -- Jeffrey Ratcliffe <Jeffrey.Ratcliffe@gmail.com>  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:52:29 +0100
+
 gscan2pdf (0.9.21-1ubuntu3) hardy; urgency=low
 
   * Removed note in documentation about Thunderbird not working
diff -u gscan2pdf-0.9.21/bin/gscan2pdf gscan2pdf-0.9.21/bin/gscan2pdf
--- gscan2pdf-0.9.21/bin/gscan2pdf
+++ gscan2pdf-0.9.21/bin/gscan2pdf
@@ -2138,13 +2138,8 @@
     if (($SETTING{'pdf compression'} !~ /(jpg)|(png)/ and $format ne 'tif')
         or ($SETTING{'pdf compression'} =~ /(jpg)|(png)/)
         or $SETTING{'downsample'}) {
-     if ($depth > 1) {
-      print "Maintaining image depth $depth\n" if $debug;
-      $x = $image->Write(filename => $filename, depth => $depth);
-     }
-     else {
-      $x = $image->Write(filename => $filename);
-     }
+# depth required because resize otherwise increases depth to maintain information
+     $x = $image->Write(filename => $filename, depth => $depth);
      warn "$x" if "$x";
      $format = $1 if ($filename =~ /\.(\w*)$/);
     }