Comment 21 for bug 984082

I have uploaded a fixed cups-filters package to precise-proposed now. Please test the package as soon as it gets available for download and give feedback here. This is required to make the new package an official update for Precise. Another comment with testing instructions will get posted here.

With the new package you can also test the behavior when switching between use of Poppler and Ghostscript for turning PDF to PosdtScript and changing the resolution limit for image rendering. Especially if the output quality with the new package is still not satisfying you should do the tests and tell here in the bug report which is the best compromise between speed and quality.

Run the following commands in a terminal window for switching between Ghostscript and Poppler:

lpadmin -p <printer> -o pdftops-renderer-default=gs
lpadmin -p <printer> -o pdftops-renderer-default=pdftops

and

lpadmin -p printer -R pdftops-renderer-default

to remove the setting. To change the resolution limit (in dpi, current setting is 360) run a command like

lpadmin -p <printer> -o pdftops-max-image-resolution-default=1440

and set unlimited resolution via

lpadmin -p <printer> -o pdftops-max-image-resolution-default=0

or remove your setting with

lpadmin -p <printer> -R pdftops-max-image-resolution-default

Always replace "<printer>" by your printer's queue name (enter "lpstat -v" to find your printer's queue name).

See also

/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/README.txt.gz

See and tell us in this bug report which works best for you.

A debdiff of the changes is attached.