diff -u cups-1.3.9/debian/changelog cups-1.3.9/debian/changelog
--- cups-1.3.9/debian/changelog
+++ cups-1.3.9/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+cups (1.3.9-2ubuntu8) intrepid-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/pdftops-cups-1.4.dpatch: Let the pdftops filter only emit
+    PostScript level 2 and not level 3, as some PostScript printers have
+    problems with PostScript level 3 from Poppler, even if they are level 3
+    printers (LP: #277404).
+
+  * debian/local/filters/pdf-filters/pdftopdf/pdftopdf.cxx: Do not preceed the
+    PDF output with a newline (LP: #303691).
+
+ -- Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com>  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:36:55 +0100
+
 cups (1.3.9-2ubuntu7) intrepid-proposed; urgency=low
 
   * debian/local/filters/pdf-filters/pdftopdf/P2PPage.cxx,
@@ -7,7 +19,7 @@
     line if no manipulations affecting the printout size are done (N-up,
     scaling, fitplot, ...). This caused LP: #310575.
 
- -- Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com>  Mon, 10 Jan 2008 13:19:55 +0100
+ -- Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com>  Mon, 10 Jan 2009 13:19:55 +0100
 
 cups (1.3.9-2ubuntu6.1) intrepid-security; urgency=low
 
diff -u cups-1.3.9/debian/local/filters/pdf-filters/pdftopdf/pdftopdf.cxx cups-1.3.9/debian/local/filters/pdf-filters/pdftopdf/pdftopdf.cxx
--- cups-1.3.9/debian/local/filters/pdf-filters/pdftopdf/pdftopdf.cxx
+++ cups-1.3.9/debian/local/filters/pdf-filters/pdftopdf/pdftopdf.cxx
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
   char buf[1024];
   ppd_attr_t *attr;
   int pdftoopvp = 0;
+  int datawritten = 0;
 
   if (ppd == 0) return;
   if ((attr = ppdFindAttr(ppd,"pdftopdfJCLBegin",NULL)) != NULL) {
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@
 	    continue;
 	}
 	fputc(attr->value[i],fp);
+	datawritten = 1;
     }
   }
          
@@ -123,8 +125,10 @@
   } else {
     if ((attr = ppdFindAttr(ppd,"pdftopdfJCLCopies",buf)) != NULL) {
       fputs(attr->value,fp);
+      datawritten = 1;
     } else if (pdftoopvp) {
       fprintf(fp,"Copies=%d;",copies);
+      datawritten = 1;
     }
   }
   for (section = (int)PPD_ORDER_ANY;
@@ -137,14 +141,16 @@
         ((ppd_option_t *)(choices[i]->option))->keyword);
       if ((attr = ppdFindAttr(ppd,buf,choices[i]->choice)) != NULL) {
 	fputs(attr->value,fp);
+	datawritten = 1;
       } else if (pdftoopvp) {
 	fprintf(fp,"%s=%s;",
 	  ((ppd_option_t *)(choices[i]->option))->keyword,
 	  choices[i]->choice);
+	datawritten = 1;
       }
     }
   }
-  fputc('\n',fp);
+  if (datawritten) fputc('\n',fp);
 }
 
 void parseOpts(int argc, char **argv)
diff -u cups-1.3.9/debian/patches/pdftops-cups-1.4.dpatch cups-1.3.9/debian/patches/pdftops-cups-1.4.dpatch
--- cups-1.3.9/debian/patches/pdftops-cups-1.4.dpatch
+++ cups-1.3.9/debian/patches/pdftops-cups-1.4.dpatch
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 +	pdfargv[pdfargc++] = (char *)"-noembtt";
 +    }
 +    else
-+      pdfargv[pdfargc++] = (char *)"-level3";
++      pdfargv[pdfargc++] = (char *)"-level2";
 +
 +   /*
 +    * Set output page size...