brother host based printing (HBP)

[thufir]

On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 09:03:46 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote:
[..]
> Is that pdf file from a trustworthy source? Otherwise it might rather be
> a virus/worm/trojan exploiting some adobe reader bug. What does the
> command
> 
> file mystery.pdf
> 
> say?

thufir at dur:~/Documents$ 
thufir at dur:~/Documents$ file mystery.pdf 
mystery.pdf: HP Printer Job Language data
thufir at dur:~/Documents$ 


it's not malware, to that extent it's trusted.  It's just in an annoying 
format.  It prints to the printer fine (in windows), just trying to 
capture it as PDF -- preferably with text.

I never heard, nor had conceived, of sending a print job this way, but I 
guess that's what happening.


-Thufir