printing to pdf prob

James p3nndrag0n at gmail.com
Mon Apr 11 00:58:39 UTC 2011


Hi Ric

> On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 09:34 +1000, James wrote:
> > Hi NoOp
> > 
> > > On 04/07/2011 08:10 PM, James wrote:
> > > > Hi NoOp
> > > > 
> > > >> On 04/07/2011 04:30 PM, James wrote:
> > > >> > Hi Guys
> > > >> > 
> > > >> > Up til yesterday if I printed to a pdf file I got the entire
> > 
> > contents
> > 
> > > >> > of what I was printing. After yesterdays updates which 
told me
> > 
> > cups-
> > 
> > > > pdf was
> > > > 
> > > >> > deprecated and removed I think (reinstalled it via 
synaptic) I
> > 
> > get
> > 
> > > > only
> > > > 
> > > >> > the first page and nothing more. I've tried looking at the
> > 
> > settings
> > 
> > > > for
> > > > 
> > > >> > the pdf printer to no avail. This also happens with the 
print to
> > 
> > file
> > 
> > > >> > option. Any ideas on how to correct this? btw, Ubuntu 
10.04
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > > > was
> > > > 
> > > >> > trying to print a web page.
> > > >> > 
> > > >> > James
> > > >> 
> > > >> Forgot to ask; what was updated yesterday?
> > > >> 
> > > >> Look in:
> > > >> /var/log/apt/history.log
> > > > 
> > > > Ok, it shows
> > > > 
> > > > Start-Date: 2011-04-07  09:55:30
> > > > Upgrade: libpostproc-extra-51 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1,
> > 
> > 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1),
> > 
> > > > x11-xserver-utils (7.5+1ubuntu2, 7.5+1ubuntu2.1), 
libavcodec-
> > > > extra-52 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1, 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1), libavutil-
extra-49
> > > > (0.5.1-1ubuntu1, 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1), skype 
(2.1.0.81-1ubuntu5,
> > > > 2.2.0.25-1lucid1), libavformat-extra-52 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1,
> > > > 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1), ffmpeg (0.5.1-1ubuntu1, 
0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1),
> > > > libswscale-extra-0 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1, 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1), 
libavfilter0
> > > > (0.5.1-1ubuntu1, 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1), libnss3-1d
> > > > (3.12.8-0ubuntu0.10.04.1, 
3.12.9+ckbi-1.82-0ubuntu0.10.04.1),
> > > > libavdevice52 (0.5.1-1ubuntu1, 0.5.1-1ubuntu1.1)
> > > > End-Date: 2011-04-07  09:56:08
> > > > 
> > > > James
> > > 
> > > Nothing in there that I see would affect cups/pdf. All for the 
updates
> > > are related to ffmpeg (security) with the exception of
> > > x11-xserver-utils, libnss3,  & skype.
> > > 
> > > Perhaps you had updates previous that caused the problem but
> > 
> > didn't
> > 
> > > notice? Again, what *exactly* is the application that you are 
doing
> > 
> > the
> > 
> > > pdf printing from? And do you have any issues printing from 
other
> > > applications as well? You mention that it was a web page; were 
you
> > > printing from Firefox, Evince, Chromium, what? Have you tried 
with
> > 
> > other
> > 
> > > browsers to see if they do the same?
> > 
> > It seems the prob relates to one "print.css" file that I cannot for 
the
> > life of me find. Anyone have an idea where to look to find this file 
re
> > firefox and or chromium. Been googling and can see what is said 
needs
> > changing but no mention of where to find the file
> 
> /usr/share/phpmyadmin/print.css  ?? Ric

Alas I didn't install the server side of things as just not needed by me so 
that directory doesn't exist on this netbook. Thx for the try tho

James




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