Seems to be fixed in Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr". time /usr/bin/pdftops -level2 -origpagesizes cesifo1_wp1249-1.pdf - > out.ps
real 0m1.223s user 0m1.192s sys 0m0.016s ls -lh out.ps -rw-rw-r-- 1 mainuser mainuser 4.2M Sep 22 03:38 out.ps ** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488710 Title: pdftops too slow with certain PDF files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/488710/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs