[Bug 366949] [NEW] cups-pdf produces large pdfs and text can not be searched

[Ryan]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: cups-pdf

When printing PDF files using the 'PDF' printer created from cups-pdf:
    lp -d PDF ~/.bashrc
The resulting PDF files appears to be all images: you can not search nor copy text. (See attached. 

Also, when I try printing a larger file (e.g. 437K of text), a 3.9 MB
PDF files is created (as opposed to 485K when using gedit's straight-to-
pdf functionality).

What I find very weird is that if you look at the cups error log, you'll see three filters running:
- texttopdf
- pdftopdf
- cpdftops
and then finally to cups-pdf.

You'll also see warnings that pdftopdf produces a problematic pdf file.

If there is a texttopdf, why are all the other programs running?

-Ryan

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Lpstat: device for PDF: cups-pdf:/
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision M6300
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: cups 1.3.9-17ubuntu1
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles: PDF: Generic CUPS-PDF Printer
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=35d8fdfb-7734-4c06-90eb-e5d1c632eb52 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic
SourcePackage: cups

** Affects: cups-pdf (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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