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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  pdftops converts some documents as a picture

Status in “poppler” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On some PDF documents pdftops converts some or all pages to pictures
  with a low resolution. But it should not convert the text into a
  picture. The output of the postscript file differs extremeley from the
  original PDF file. And this postscript file is sent to the printer if
  the printer understands postscript.

  I detected this problem with a postscript printer. But using pdftops
  on the command line with the same PDF gives the same result in the PS
  file as printed. Taking the temporary file from /var/spool/cups/tmp it
  shows me the same. Therefore it is not a problem with the postscript
  printer, instead it ist in pdftops.

  Attached a PDF file and the resulting PS file using pdftops. Pages 1
  and 2 are pictures, pages 3 to 5 are OK, page 6 is a picture. Perhaps
  this is the cause of the difference in the file size.

  Note if I use pdftocairo this problem does not exist. But I can't
  change cups to use pdftocairo instead of pdftops.

  lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
  Release:	12.04

  apt-cache policy poppler-utils 
  poppler-utils:
    Installiert: 0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1
    Kandidat:    0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1
    Versionstabelle:
   *** 0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1 0
          500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.18.4-1ubuntu2 0
          500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

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