[RndTbl] pdf printer issues

Trevor Cordes trevor at tecnopolis.ca
Fri May 15 00:27:49 CDT 2015


I'm trying to print a 2-page tax-form-like file to a (fairly) modern 
Lexmark E360 printer, using modern CUPS on Linux.  If I print it from 
evince or xournal PDF viewers, it prints some of page one, then prints a 
printer error (probably a PS error) on page 2.  If I print it from lpr on 
the command line, it prints out fine!  The GUI viewers have no problems 
printing out other PDFs from what I've tested so far.  This setup has no 
problems printing emails from Thunderbird nor documents from oowriter.  
This is the first issue I've run into since setting it up a year ago.

What could the GUI viewers be doing differently compared to lpr?  They 
both are using cups, after all.  Should I try more GUI viewers?  I need a 
working GUI option since the user is not command line savvy.

I already checked I had the newest firmware for the printer.  I can't 
recall how I originally got the CUPS driver for it, but I can probably 
check that for newness as well.

Thanks!


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