PDF files created by BroadGun with embedded TrueType 1 fonts may not print in RHEL

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Some PDF Files generated by BroadGun pdfMachine (V14.58) do not print. These are my findings so far:

  • Printing a PDF file with PFB fonts may fail. The CUPS error_log may contain the following:

    Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2
   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1
   %stopped_push   1951   1   3   %oparray_pop   1950   1   3   %oparray_pop   1934   1   3
   %oparray_pop   1820   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--
   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2
   %stopped_push   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1178/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:84/200(L)--   --dict:66/75(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 11024
GPL Ghostscript 9.15: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 & 7
  • Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.4.2 & 1.6.3
  • poppler-utils-0.12.4-3.el6_0.1 &

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