[Okular-devel] [Bug 64207] PDF files with nonstandard paper size (like 515x743pt) won't print on a real PostScript printer

[Alexander Patrakov]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64207

--- Comment #5 from Alexander Patrakov <patrakov at gmail.com> ---
I have done the following on a Kubuntu 12.04 LiveCD:

1. Installed a Generic PostScript printer on socket://127.0.0.1:9100
2. Created a test PDF file following my own instructions dated 2003-09-13
17:09:29 UTC
3. Started nc -l 127.0.0.1 9100 > dump.ps
4. Printed the test PDF file using Okular
5. Examined the dump.ps file using "less", with the following criteria: either
the setpagedevice command should be redefined in the prolog, or there should be
no "<< /PageSize [ 515 743 ] >> setpagedevice" line on the result.
6. Repeated the test using the original bad ps file.

The offending setpagedevice instruction is not in the resulting ps file when
printing a pdf from Okular. Additionally, when printing a pdf, Okular inserts
this, effectively redefining setpagedevice:

/pdfSetup {
  3 1 roll 2 array astore
  /setpagedevice where {
    pop 3 dict begin
      /PageSize exch def
      /ImagingBBox null def
      { /Duplex true def } if
    currentdict end setpagedevice
  } {
    pop pop
  } ifelse
} def

This is called as follows:

595 842 false pdfSetup

i.e. the original clearly-incompatible page size is not mentioned at all.

Or you may want to punt it and say that it is a bug in CUPS, because "printing"
the bad ps file using lpr would fail due to setpagedevice.

I think I have a PostScript network printer near here (it is just not
configured on my box because there is another, non-PostScript, printer closer
to my desk), will test more and report the results.

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