[poppler] Printing of certain PDF files does not work with "fit-to-page" because of wrong BoundingBox values in the PostScript

Tue Oct 27 10:36:35 PDT 2015

I checked the okular source file which is responsible for printing -> 
fileprinter.cpp
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=okular.git&a=blob&h=55977a1bad711f9f1dcc38671a25aea5c10ec4c2&hb=c743eceb3d7eee02e6d0726b6e90acb6112ea6bf&f=core%2Ffileprinter.cpp
The fit-to-page was added by Albert Astals Cid on Wed, 10 Oct 2012 with 
the fix name:
Fix printing contiguous selected pages with bookmarks

The printing direct to a printer is done with the lpr command plus 
arguments.
But this works from the command line so I compared the cups debug messages.

 From the cups debug when printing with okular pdftops is used as 
follwoing. The printout is not ok!

  [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Started filter 
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 25207)
I [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Started backend 
/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf (PID 25208)
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] Discarding unused job-state-changed event...
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] Returning IPP successful-ok for 
Send-Document (ipp://localhost:631/printers/CUPS-PDF) from localhost
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs 
and dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] cupsdReadClient: 14 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] cupsdCloseClient: 14
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs 
and dirty files", busy="Printing jobs and dirty files"
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Page = 595x842; 0,0 to 595,842
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] slow_collate=0, slow_duplex=0, 
slow_order=0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Before copy_comments - 
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %Produced by poppler pdftops 
version: 0.26.5 (http://poppler.freedesktop.org)
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %%Creator: pdftk 2.02 - 
www.pdftk.com
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %%Title: Dirichlet.pdf
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %%LanguageLevel: 2
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %%DocumentSuppliedResources: (atend)
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %%DocumentMedia: A4 595 842 0 () ()
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %%BoundingBox: 0 0 595 842
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %%Pages: 2
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] %%EndComments
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Before copy_prolog - %%BeginDefaults
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Before copy_setup - %%BeginSetup
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Before page loop - %%Page: 1 1
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Copying page 1...
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] PAGE: 1 1
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] Discarding unused job-progress event...
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] pagew = 575.0, pagel = 822.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] bboxx = 0, bboxy = 0, bboxw = 
311, bboxl = 542
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] PageLeft = 10.0, PageRight = 585.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] PageTop = 832.0, PageBottom = 10.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 
842.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Copying page 2...
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] PAGE: 2 1
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] Discarding unused job-progress event...
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] pagew = 575.0, pagel = 822.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] bboxx = 0, bboxy = 0, bboxw = 
317, bboxl = 548
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] PageLeft = 10.0, PageRight = 585.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] PageTop = 832.0, PageBottom = 10.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 
842.0
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] [Job 10] Wrote 2 pages...
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:32 +0100] PID 25207 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops) 
exited with no errors.
D [05/Dec/2014:11:27:39 +0100] PID 25208 
(/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf) exited with no errors.

When printing from the console which works it does additional a pdftopdf.

I [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Started filter 
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf (PID 13386)
I [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Started filter 
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops (PID 13387)
I [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Started backend 
/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf (PID 13388)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] Discarding unused job-state-changed event...
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] Returning IPP successful-ok 
for Send-Document (ipp://localhost:631/printers/CUPS-PDF) from localhost
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] Content-Length: 171
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] cupsdSendHeader: code=200, 
type="application/ipp", auth_type=0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] con->http=0x7f51a291c960
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] cupsdWriteClient error=0, 
used=0, state=HTTP_STATE_POST_SEND, data_encoding=HTTP_ENCODING_LENGTH, 
data_remaining=171, response=0x7f51a29208b0(IPP_STATE_DATA), pipe_pid=0, 
file=-1
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] Writing IPP response, 
ipp_state=IPP_STATE_DATA, old wused=0, new wused=0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] bytes=0, http_state=0, 
data_remaining=171
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] Flushing write buffer.
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] New state is HTTP_STATE_WAITING
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] Waiting for request.
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs 
and dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] HTTP_STATE_WAITING Closing for 
error 32 (Broken pipe)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Client 3] Closing connection.
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs 
and dirty files", busy="Printing jobs and dirty files"
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] pdftops - copying to temp print 
file "/var/spool/cups/tmp/0344b5639e88d"
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PID 13386 
(/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf) exited with no errors.
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Printer make and model: Generic 
CUPS v1.1
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Running command line for 
pstops: pstops 833 stefan Dirichlet.pdf 1 'finishings=3 
job-uuid=urn:uuid:83106b75-7a24-3dda-5d74-16fc30766fd6 
job-originating-host-name=localhost date-time-at-creation= 
date-time-at-processing= time-at-creation=1445966528 
time-at-processing=1445966528 document-name-supplied=Dirichlet.pdf'
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Using image rendering 
resolution 300 dpi
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Running command line for 
pdftops: pdftops -level2 -origpagesizes -nocenter -r 300 
/var/spool/cups/tmp/0344b5639e88d -
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Started filter pdftops (PID 13392)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Started filter pstops (PID 13393)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Page = 595x842; 0,0 to 595,842
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] slow_collate=0, slow_duplex=0, 
slow_order=0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Before copy_comments - 
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] %!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] %Produced by poppler pdftops 
version: 0.26.5 (http://poppler.freedesktop.org)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] %%Creator: pdftk 2.02 - 
www.pdftk.com
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] %%LanguageLevel: 2
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] %%DocumentSuppliedResources: 
(atend)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] %%DocumentMedia: A4 595 842 0 () ()
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] %%BoundingBox: 0 0 595 842
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] %%Pages: 2
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] %%EndComments
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Before copy_prolog - %%BeginProlog
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Before copy_setup - %%BeginSetup
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Before page loop - %%Page: 1 1
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Copying page 1...
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PAGE: 1 1
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs 
and dirty files", busy="Printing jobs and dirty files"
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs 
and dirty files", busy="Printing jobs and dirty files"
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] Discarding unused job-progress event...
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] pagew = 595.0, pagel = 842.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] bboxx = 0, bboxy = 0, bboxw = 
595, bboxl = 842
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PageLeft = 0.0, PageRight = 595.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PageTop = 842.0, PageBottom = 0.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 
842.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Copying page 2...
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PAGE: 2 1
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs 
and dirty files", busy="Printing jobs and dirty files"
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Printing jobs 
and dirty files", busy="Printing jobs and dirty files"
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] Discarding unused job-progress event...
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] pagew = 595.0, pagel = 842.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] bboxx = 0, bboxy = 0, bboxw = 
595, bboxl = 842
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PageLeft = 0.0, PageRight = 595.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PageTop = 842.0, PageBottom = 0.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 
842.0
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] Wrote 2 pages...
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PID 13392 (pdftops) exited with 
no errors.
D [27/Oct/2015:18:22:08 +0100] [Job 833] PID 13393 (pstops) exited with 
no errors.

Here I need help again. Is this a cups problem?

Regards
Stefan

Am 27.10.2015 um 13:38 schrieb Adrian Johnson:
> On 25/10/15 21:08, Stefan Brandner wrote:
>> I want to summarize how the problem appears when printing the file
>> Dirichlet.pdf with okular.
>> Find the file at: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/attachment.cgi?id=616147
>>
>> 1. with OpenSuse 13.1 and okular 4.11.2 the CUPS command was without the
>> fit-to-page option
>> following commands are executed:
>> pdftops Dirichlet.pdf
>> lpr Dirichlet.ps
>> The file was printed unscaled but centered and the printout was useful.
>>
>> 2. with the actual OpenSuse 13.2 and okular 4.14.9 the CUPS command is
>> now with fit-to-page and then the file is shifted to the right with half
>> of the text cut
>> this can be reproduced with following commands:
>> pdftops Dirichlet.pdf
>> lpr -o fit-to-page Dirichlet.ps
>> This does not work since the BoundingBox values are incorrect.
>> See explanation at CUPS documentation:
>> http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html
> I'm not sure which application is enabling the fit-to-page or why it
> changed. The fit to page would be better performed in pdftops which
> already has this capability. The problem with performing a fit-to-page
> based on the PS output is the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions
> define the BoundingBox to be the smallest box that encloses all marks on
> the page.
>
> A PS file with correctly calculated PageBoundingBox comments is likely
> have a different bounding box on each page depending on the content. If
> fit-to-page is applied based on the bounding box, each page will have a
> different scale factor applied. A blank page with just a page number at
> the bottom will be scaled up to fit the page number to the entire page.
> This is probably not what you want.
>
> The fit-to-page feature relies on the fact that a lot of applications
> just set the bounding box to the page size since computing the ink
> extents of all marks on the page is not trivial.
>
> If a future version of poppler tightened up the PageBoundingBox to make
> it more correct you may find this workflow which relies on an incorrect
> interpretation of the BoundingBox comment may no longer work for you.
>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Scaling to Fit
>>
>> The -o fit-to-page option specifies that the document should be scaled
>> to fit on the page:
>>
>>    lp -o fit-to-page filename
>>    lpr -o fit-to-page filename
>>
>> The default is to use the size specified in the file.
>>
>> This feature depends upon an accurate size in the print file.
>> If no size is given in the file, the page may be scaled incorrectly!
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> As mentioned in the opensuse bug:
>> https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=908624
>> ghostscript shows Bounding Box values that do work.
>>
>> Martin Pahl wrote a fix that calculates the correct page bounding values.
>> With this fix above commands work without problem.
>>
>> 3. another solution for the printing with okular would be calling
>> pdftotops -expand Dirichlet.pdf
>> lpr -o fit-to-page Dirichlet.ps
>>
>> 4. also a lpr Dirichlet.pdf from the command line is working but this it
>> is not the way as it is executed with okular
>>
>> 5. since it is not possible to disable the fit-to-page inside okular,
>> all printouts of files with wrong BoundingBox values are scrap!!!
>>
>> 6. the ideal place to fix this is may be somewhere else but the solution
>> from Martin fixes it for okular.
>>
>> 7. I had many files with this problems and since I am using the patch
>> all my printing problems are gone
>>
>> Regards
>> Stefan
>>
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