Bug 5347 - tlclient should print as PDF on Linux
Summary: tlclient should print as PDF on Linux
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 2705
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Printing (show other bugs)
Version: pre-1.0
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: 4.19.0
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Reported: 2014-11-11 14:27 CET by Pierre Ossman
Modified: 2025-05-13 17:21 CEST (History)
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Description Pierre Ossman cendio 2014-11-11 14:27:57 CET 
The standard print job format on Linux these days is PDF, not PostScript:

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/pdf_as_standard_print_job_format

As such we should stop converting thinlocal jobs to PostScript before handing them over.

Before we can do this change we need to investigate if there are any relevant systems out there that cannot handle PDF print jobs.

Depending on the outcome it might be possible to drop poppler from the client package.
Comment 1 Pierre Ossman cendio 2024-07-22 10:49:02 CEST 
Possible printing issue caused by the conversion to PostScript:

https://community.thinlinc.com/t/printing-issues-black-images/1006
Comment 2 Pierre Ossman cendio 2025-04-25 13:12:17 CEST 
The background issue seems to have been resolved in the upgrade of poppler in bug 8576. A switch to PDF might not be needed to resolve that issue.
Comment 3 Pierre Ossman cendio 2025-05-13 17:21:05 CEST 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2705 ***
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