I'm ran into the same issue, the bit device appears to be broken in
8.64~dfsg-1 version of ghostscript. When told to output to bit
device no output is generated.
Here is a simple reproducer, taken straight from the brother printer drivers
scripts using a cups test page postscript:
# First run with 8.64~dfsg-1, get no output
/usr/bin/gs -r1200 -g10200x13200 -q -dNOPROMPT -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sDEVICE=bit
-sOutputFile=- - -c quit < /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps | wc
0 0 0
# Then downgrade ghostscript packages
apt-get install ghostscript=8.63.dfsg.1-2 libgs8=8.63.dfsg.1-2
ghostscript-x=8.63.dfsg.1-2 gs-common=8.63.dfsg.1-2
[...]
# Then run same command 8.63.dfsg.1-2, get 16 megs of output
/usr/bin/gs -r1200 -g10200x13200 -q -dNOPROMPT -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sDEVICE=bit
-sOutputFile=- - -c quit < /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps | wc
0 15613 16830000
apt-cache policy ghostscript
ghostscript:
Installed: 8.63.dfsg.1-2
Candidate: 8.64~dfsg-1
Version table:
8.64~dfsg-1 0
990 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
500 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
*** 8.63.dfsg.1-2 0
500 file: ./ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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