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ghostscript package

Impossible to print some PDF file with evince or lp / lpr : /invalidfont in --stringwidth--

Bug #126287 reported by Mossroy on 2007-07-16

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ghostscript (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ghostscript

I can't print the attached PDF file with evince.
I run Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty).

The printer manager tells me "job stopped", and it appends the following lines in /var/log/cups/error_log :
E [16/Jul/2007:10:04:40 +0200] [Job 239] /invalidfont in --stringwidth--
E [16/Jul/2007:10:04:40 +0200] PID 3212 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster) stopped with status 1!

I have the same behavior if I try to print the file with lp, or with lpr.
But it prints correctly if I use Adobe Reader (7.0.8 on Ubuntu).

I tried to install the packages gsfonts-other and gsfonts-wadalab-* : not better
The fonts used in this PDF seem to be embedded in it, anyway.

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Mossroy (mossroy) wrote on 2007-07-16:

The file that I can't print with evince Edit (621.0 KiB, application/pdf)

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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote on 2007-07-16:

Works for me with GPL Ghostscript (8.60 of Gutsy).

In Feisty do

sudo apt-get install gs-gpl
sudo update-alternatives --set gs /usr/bin/gs-gpl

If other problems occur you can return to ESP Ghostscript with

sudo update-alternatives --set gs /usr/bin/gs-esp

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Mossroy (mossroy) wrote on 2007-07-16:

You're right : it works in gutsy alpha tribe 2.

But it still doesn't work on my feisty after entering your commands. I have the same behavior, and the same error message in /var/log/cups/error_log
The version of gs-gpl is currently 8.54 on feisty. Perhaps is it corrected between 8.54 and 8.60?

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TerryG (tgalati4) wrote on 2008-03-06:

Perhaps you can enable backports repository under Feisty and get a newer version? Evince 2.20.1 under gutsy renders and prints brochure correctly.

Additional work around is to use acroread 8 (which may work under Feisty). Acroread 8 also renders document correctly under gutsy.

Marking Incomplete pending additional tests under Feisty.

Changed in ghostscript:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Connor Imes (ckimes) wrote on 2008-08-07:

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update (in Gutsy Tribe 2). For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.
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