Bug 465713 - Evince fails to print some PDF files
Summary: Evince fails to print some PDF files
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: evince
Version: 10
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jonathan Blandford
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-10-05 22:31 UTC by Alex Wauck
Modified: 2013-04-02 04:22 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-12-18 06:30:58 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
PDF that fails (33.33 KB, application/pdf)
2008-10-05 22:31 UTC, Alex Wauck
no flags Details
PostScript that works (63.53 KB, application/postscript)
2008-10-05 22:33 UTC, Alex Wauck
no flags Details
pdf from nature - probably exported from indesign (1.33 MB, application/pdf)
2008-10-21 19:39 UTC, zachary charlop-powers
no flags Details

Description Alex Wauck 2008-10-05 22:31:36 UTC
Created attachment 319507 [details]
PDF that fails

Description of problem:
When told to print a particular PDF file, Evince takes a long time, consuming lots of CPU time, then prints a blank page.  The PDF in question was generated by LyX, so I had LyX produce a PostScript file instead, which Evince happily and quickly printed.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.24.0

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Produce a document with LyX.
2. Export to PDF
3. Open the PDF with Evince.
4. Print the PDF.

The following bugs may be related:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/276615
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554611

Comment 1 Alex Wauck 2008-10-05 22:33:31 UTC
Created attachment 319508 [details]
PostScript that works

Comment 2 Alex Wauck 2008-10-05 22:36:35 UTC
The printer I am using is a HP LaserJet 4000.  I am apparently accessing it over the JetDirect protocol (although I thought I told it to use LPD), and it is using the "HP LaserJet 4000 Series Postscript (recommended)" driver.  Its device URI is hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_4000_Series?ip=(redacted).

Comment 3 ivolopez 2008-10-18 20:13:46 UTC
I think that this problem is related to Type 3 fonts ( see File/Properties/Fonts in Evince ).  It's not new and I found this problem some months ago.  I changed the latex commands in order to use only type 1 fonts I my problems disappeared.  

See   http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-557746.html for example.

Comment 4 zachary charlop-powers 2008-10-21 19:39:39 UTC
Created attachment 321083 [details]
pdf from nature - probably exported from indesign

document that fails

Comment 5 Brennan Ashton 2008-11-04 05:38:01 UTC
This bug has been triaged

Comment 6 Bug Zapper 2008-11-26 03:35:34 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 10 development cycle.
Changing version to '10'.

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Comment 8 Bug Zapper 2009-11-18 08:31:15 UTC
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Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2009-12-18 06:30:58 UTC
Fedora 10 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-12-17. Fedora 10 is 
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