[Bug 812554] [NEW] Firefox 5 for Ubuntu 1.0 issues undefined command to printer; page setup reverts to Any Printer for Portable Documents

[Stanley Sokolow]

Public bug reported:

Since upgrading to Firefox 5, on Ubuntu 11.04, I can't print from
Firefox to my networked printer.  I get an error printout from the
printer saying: "ERROR NAME: undefined  COMMAND: Q  OPERAND STACK: "
instead of the document printout.   Looking at the Page Setup dialog in
Firefox 5, I see that it is set for printing to a portable format called
"Any Printer" rather than set to my default printer which is a Brother
HL-4250DN on the LAN ethernet.   Trying to change the printer by pulling
down the list in that diaglog and selecting the Brother does not
maintain the setting after I click "Apply".  When I look after applying
and closing the dialog and reopening, it has reverted back to Any
Printer, not the Brother.   I think this is why the print command from
Firefox sends faulty format data to my printer.  It's not the printer
driver's fault.  The same printer works fine on other programs that
print, such as LibreOffice, the document viewer for pdf, and Chromium
for web sites.   It's something wrong in Firefox that won't hold the
printer selected in Page Setup.  This same hardware used to work on
earlier Firefox 3.x.x and 4.x betas. Since  I upgraded (by clean
installation) to Ubuntu 11.04, I can't print from Firefox 5.  Version of
Firefox is latest:  5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2.  Screenprint
of dialog is attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic-pae 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 18 13:41:30 2011
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.2
 flashplugin-installer N/A
 adobe-flashplugin 10.3.181.34-0natty1
 icedtea-plugin N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty

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  Firefox 5 for Ubuntu 1.0 issues undefined command to printer; page
  setup reverts to Any Printer  for Portable Documents

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