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[John Waffle <jwaffe75@xxxxxxxxx>]

This bug happens to me too, with only certain PDFs. I am not sure what
makes a pdf not work in Evince, but I have attached one that works for
me, and linked one that doesn't.

For example, this test PDF I just exported from LibreOffice prints
perfectly (see attached), but an academic paper I downloaded always
prints blank pages.

Link to paper that does not print:
http://hunch.net/~coms-4771/quinlan.pdf

I can't even successfully print out the first page of this pdf, it
always just makes my printer print blank pages. Note that the number of
blank pages matches the number of pages it would have printed, as in, if
I tell it to print just page 1, it gives me one blank sheet.

I tried printing the exact same pdf in SumatraPDF and it printed without
issue.

Evince is my favorite PDF viewer, being able to print out pdfs is a very
useful feature, I hope this gets fixed soon. Let me know if I can
provide more information.

System information:

Evince version: 2.32.0.145
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
Printer: Samsung ML-1865W

** Attachment added: "This PDF works, it was exported from LibreOffice"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1397516/+attachment/4518963/+files/PDF_Writer_Test.pdf

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Title:
  Evince prints blank pages with attached PDF

Status in Evince:
  Confirmed
Status in evince package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
  Release:	15.04

  2) apt-cache policy evince libcairo2 libpoppler[0-9]
  evince:
    Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  libcairo2:
    Installed: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  libpoppler47:
    Installed: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.28.1-1ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) What is expected to happen is when one prints the following file
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/193467180/kalender-2014-querformat-4-seiten.pdf
  it does so successfully.

  4) What happens instead is one sees blank pages printing to a physical
  printer, or printing to PostScript, and reopening in either gv or
  evince.

  WORAKROUND: Sending the same file directly to the printer using "lpr"
  works fine.

  WORKAROUND: Use Firefox's built-in PDF viewer to print.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: evince 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-25.33-generic 3.16.7
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-25-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sat Nov 29 11:47:33 2014
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-12 (595 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  KernLog:

  SourcePackage: evince
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-24 (36 days ago)

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