under Kubuntu 9.10 amd64, cups-pdf creates files with no visible text

[michaelrsweet]

Version: 1.4.1
CUPS.org User: brm

In my environment, cups-pdf consistently produces pdf files of length 2192 bytes that contain no visible text:
~$ ls -l PDF
total 20
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 2192 2009-11-24 08:59 stufin-20090916.pdf
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 2192 2009-11-24 09:02 stufin-20090919.pdf
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 2192 2009-11-24 09:04 stufin-20090921.pdf
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 2192 2009-11-24 09:06 stufin-20091022.pdf
-rw------- 1 bruce bruce 2192 2009-11-24 09:08 stufin-20091118.pdf

A sample of one such output file is attached. I have experienced this problem with previous versions of Kubuntu and of cups.

My basic configuration is this:
$ uname -a
Linux Xenophon 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
bruce@Xenophon:$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic
bruce@Xenophon:~$ dpkg -l | grep cups
ii bluez-cups 4.51-0ubuntu2 Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS
ii cups 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
ii cups-bsd 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands
ii cups-client 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV
ii cups-common 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files
ii cups-driver-gutenprint 5.2.4-0ubuntu2 printer drivers for CUPS
ii cups-pdf 2.5.0-8ubuntu1 PDF printer for CUPS
ii cups-ppdc 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD manipulation util
ii cupsddk 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package)
ii cupsys 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package)
ii cupsys-bsd 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package)
ii cupsys-client 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package)
ii cupsys-common 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional package)
ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.2.4-0ubuntu2 Transitional package
ii ghostscript-cups 8.70.dfsg.1-0ubuntu3 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter - CUPS f
ii libcups2 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Core library
ii libcupscgi1 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - CGI library
ii libcupsdriver1 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Driver library
ii libcupsimage2 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Raster image library
ii libcupsmime1 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - MIME library
ii libcupsppdc1 1.4.1-5ubuntu2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD manipulation libr
ii libgnomecups1.0-1 0.2.3-3build1 GNOME library for CUPS interaction
ii python-cups 1.9.46-0ubuntu2 Python bindings for CUPS
ii python-cupshelpers 1.1.12+git20090826-0ubuntu8 Python modules for printer configuration with CUPS

[michaelrsweet]

CUPS.org User: brm

Neglected to include in original post that I have also reported this bug in the Ku/Ubuntu bug tracking system:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-pdf/+bug/487629

[michaelrsweet]

CUPS.org User: mike

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