Now, the job does not get printed although it shows up in the printer queue. The printer light does not flash to show a pending job either. Could it be missing an end-of-file marker?
Reverting to the original /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops reactivates printing but with the original problem. So the non-printing is a direct result of using the new filter.
I replaced /usr/lib/ cups/filter/ pdftops with the new Poppler-based pdftops filter and changed its permissions to 755 as advised at https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ cups/+bug/ 362186/ comments/ 43 above.
Now, the job does not get printed although it shows up in the printer queue. The printer light does not flash to show a pending job either. Could it be missing an end-of-file marker?
Reverting to the original /usr/lib/ cups/filter/ pdftops reactivates printing but with the original problem. So the non-printing is a direct result of using the new filter.