I think this isn't plj output. Please take a look : document printed from Foxit Reader(PDF), all works fine: LINK: http://img526.imageshack.us/my.php?image=digitalizar10001rw2.jpg error_log output using Foxit Reader: D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdAcceptClient: 9 from localhost:631 (IPv4) D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdReadClient: 9 POST /printers/teste_ HTTP/1.1 D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided. D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Print-Job ipp://localhost/printers/teste_ D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] print_job: auto-typing file... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] print_job: request file type is application/vnd.cups-raw. D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] add_job: requesting-user-name="lutierib" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Adding default job-sheets values "none,none"... I [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Adding start banner page "none" to job 21957. D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Discarding unused job-created event... I [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Adding end banner page "none" to job 21957. I [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Job 21957 queued on "teste_" by "lutierib". D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Job 21957 hold_until = 0 D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] Sending job to queue tagged as raw... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] job-sheets=none,none D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] banner_page = 0 D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] argv[0]="teste_" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] argv[1]="21957" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] argv[2]="lutierib" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] argv[3]="smbprn.00000009 C:\Documents and Settings\sergios\Desktop\refap_edital.pdf" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] argv[4]="1" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] argv[5]="job-uuid=urn:uuid:0e6020a2-f222-3c34-48f7-098275afe369" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d21957-001" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[0]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[1]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[2]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/doc/cups-1.2.8" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[4]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[7]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[8]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[9]="SERVER_ADMIN=root@cgteeimp.cgtee.com.br" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[10]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.2.8" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[11]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[12]="USER=root" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[13]="CUPS_SERVER=localhost" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[14]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[15]="IPP_PORT=631" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[16]="CHARSET=utf-8" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[17]="LANG=pt_BR" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[18]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/teste_.ppd" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[19]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=8m" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[20]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/vnd.cups-raw" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[21]="DEVICE_URI=socket://192.168.1.55" D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] envp[22]="PRINTER=teste_" I [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/socket (PID 8256) for job 21957. D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Discarding unused job-state event... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 9 status_code=0 (successful-ok) D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdCloseClient: 9 D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] Connected to 192.168.1.55:9100 (IPv4)... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] Discarding unused job-progress event... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] backendRunLoop(print_fd=4, device_fd=5, use_bc=1) D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdAcceptClient: 9 from localhost:631 (IPv4) D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdReadClient: 9 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided. D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] CUPS-Get-Printers D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 9 status_code=0 (successful-ok) D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdReadClient: 9 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided. D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] CUPS-Get-Classes D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 9 status_code=0 (successful-ok) D [18/May/2007:13:27:58 -0300] cupsdCloseClient: 9 D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:27:59 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8192 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] Read 8085 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] Wrote 8085 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] PID 8256 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/socket) exited with no errors. D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] [Job 21957] File 0 is complete. D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:28:00 -0300] Discarding unused job-completed event... Ok all works. but when I print using Adobe Reader instead i get strange output characters: Using same driver, same printer... This is the document printed using Adobe Reader from same machine(win 2k): LINK: http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/327/digitalizar10002pp1.jpg Here is my error_log file when printing to samba+cups print(when strage output appear): D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] cupsdAcceptClient: 6 from localhost:631 (IPv4) D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] cupsdReadClient: 6 POST /printers/teste_ HTTP/1.1 D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided. D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Print-Job ipp://localhost/printers/teste_ D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] print_job: auto-typing file... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] print_job: request file type is application/vnd.cups-raw. D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] add_job: requesting-user-name="lutierib" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Adding default job-sheets values "none,none"... I [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Adding start banner page "none" to job 21955. D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused job-created event... I [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Adding end banner page "none" to job 21955. I [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Job 21955 queued on "teste_" by "lutierib". D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Job 21955 hold_until = 0 D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] Sending job to queue tagged as raw... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] job-sheets=none,none D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] banner_page = 0 D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] argv[0]="teste_" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] argv[1]="21955" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] argv[2]="lutierib" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] argv[3]="smbprn.00000008 refap_edital.pdf" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] argv[4]="1" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] argv[5]="job-uuid=urn:uuid:7dec0755-2fca-3810-7f38-4721c9f20d9b" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d21955-001" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[0]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[1]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[2]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/doc/cups-1.2.8" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[4]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[7]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[8]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[9]="SERVER_ADMIN=root@cgteeimp.cgtee.com.br" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[10]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.2.8" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[11]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[12]="USER=root" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[13]="CUPS_SERVER=localhost" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[14]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[15]="IPP_PORT=631" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[16]="CHARSET=utf-8" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[17]="LANG=pt_BR" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[18]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/teste_.ppd" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[19]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=8m" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[20]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/vnd.cups-raw" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[21]="DEVICE_URI=socket://192.168.1.55" D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] envp[22]="PRINTER=teste_" I [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/socket (PID 8149) for job 21955. D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused job-state event... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 6 status_code=0 (successful-ok) D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] cupsdCloseClient: 6 D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] Connected to 192.168.1.55:9100 (IPv4)... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused job-progress event... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] backendRunLoop(print_fd=4, device_fd=5, use_bc=1) D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] Read 3613 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] Wrote 3613 bytes of print data... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] PID 8149 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/socket) exited with no errors. D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] [Job 21955] File 0 is complete. D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event... D [18/May/2007:13:20:43 -0300] Discarding unused job-completed event... this is my smb.conf: testparm Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf Processing section "[homes]" Processing section "[printers]" Processing section "[print$]" Loaded services file OK. Server role: ROLE_DOMAIN_MEMBER Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [global] workgroup = REALM realm = REALM.COM.BR server string = impserver.realm.com.br security = ADS update encrypted = Yes password server = 192.168.1.2 log level = auth:3 syslog = 0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 name resolve order = host wins lmhosts bcast printcap name = cups preferred master = No local master = No domain master = No wins server = 192.168.1.2 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 template homedir = /dev/null template shell = /dev/null winbind separator = . winbind cache time = 10 winbind enum users = Yes winbind enum groups = Yes winbind use default domain = Yes force printername = Yes [homes] comment = Esta pasta nao e sua create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes default devmode = No browseable = No [print$] comment = Drivers da Impressora path = /etc/samba/drivers read only = No -- Att. Lutieri G. B.