I had the same behaviour - printing from pdf files was at 100 dpi. In the cups error.log there was a "Using image rendering resolution 100 dpi" information. I found on pdftops sources that 2012-04-10 in change #6926 there was a change for setting a resolution setup in ppd options ('Resolution', 'DefaultResolution'). But my ppd doesn't contains such options.
I found a workaround for my system. I have brother DCPJ315W printer and in original ppd file I have such similar options: *%==== Resolution Features ================================= *OpenUI *BRResolution/Quality: PickOne *OrderDependency: 14 AnySetup *BRResolution *DefaultBRResolution: 600x600dpi *BRResolution 150x150dpi/Fast: " " *BRResolution 300x300dpi/Fast Normal: " " *BRResolution 600x600dpi/Normal: " " *BRResolution 1200x1200dpi/Fine: " " *BRResolution 1200x2400dpi/Photo: " " *BRResolution 1200x6000dpi/Highest: " " *CloseUI: *BRResolution I added similar options before this one: *%==== Resolution auto Features ================================= *OpenUI *Resolution/Quality Auto: PickOne *OrderDependency: 14 AnySetup *Resolution *DefaultResolution: 600x600 *Resolution 150x150/Fast: " " *Resolution 300x300/Fast Normal: " " *Resolution 600x600/Normal: " " *Resolution 1200x1200/Fine: " " *Resolution 1200x2400/Photo: " " *Resolution 1200x6000/Highest: " " *CloseUI: *Resolution Now I have two options in printer preferences: 'auto' for setting pdftops and original BRResolution for Brother's filters. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984082 Title: Evince produces low-res, pixelated output when printing PDF's To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/984082/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs