Some PostScript and PDF files won't print in RHEL. A filter stops with status 1.

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Issue

  • Some PostScript files won't print due to a filter error.
  • The list of print jobs in the queue keeps increasing and it seems some jobs never get printed.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6
  • Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.3.7 and 1.4.2

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