Ubuntu
okular package

  1. Bug #891199
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 891199

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In , Ismail-f (ismail-f) wrote :

Don't know if its valid or not but here is the upstream bug report:

The standard format for print jobs has changed from PostScript to PDF:

http://www.openprinting.org/
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/pdf_as_standard_print_job_format

Most applications are switched over from sending PostScript to sending PDF and CUPS in Debian and Ubuntu turns every incoming job to PDF, does page management operations (N-up, selected pages, ...) on a PDF data stream and then rasterizes the PDF data directly into the printer's native language.

While investigating bug 891074 I have found out that Okular is one of the few programs which still sends PostScript. To make the CUPS workflow more straight and to fulfill the new standard it should send PDF (and AFAIK the other KDE programs send PDF). In addition, the most displayed file format is PDF and Okular could simply pass through the PDF input files when printing, making the printing even faster and more reliable.