I can confirm it happens to me also in 21.04. The PDF opens fine for me but the instant I hit print the evince process pegs the CPU and stays there indefinitely. Files are on the local disk. x86_64 architecture.
The most recent PDF that did this to me is here: https://www.lcps.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=305856&dataid=381294&FileName=New%20Health%20form%20MCH-213G-032014.pdf Printing worked fine with 20.04, then I upgraded to 21.04 about a month ago and have not been able to print a PDF ever since. One possibly interesting bit: ryan@khym:/var/log$ sudo dmesg | tail [947533.329921] audit: type=1400 audit(1629163613.332:388): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/run/user/1000/gvfsd/socket-DTLIeIXr" pid=77344 comm="pool-evince" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 [947538.329943] audit: type=1400 audit(1629163618.332:389): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/run/user/1000/gvfsd/socket-2diq9E0F" pid=77344 comm="pool-evince" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 [947543.329859] audit: type=1400 audit(1629163623.332:390): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/run/user/1000/gvfsd/socket-n0LaY8dp" pid=77344 comm="pool-evince" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 [947548.329836] audit: type=1400 audit(1629163628.332:391): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/run/user/1000/gvfsd/socket-GuW4c7UX" pid=77344 comm="pool-evince" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 [947553.330670] audit: type=1400 audit(1629163633.332:392): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/run/user/1000/gvfsd/socket-lW4MWUNt" pid=77344 comm="pool-evince" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 [947558.329769] audit: type=1400 audit(1629163638.332:393): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/run/user/1000/gvfsd/socket-jFM9PdLI" pid=77344 comm="pool-evince" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 [947563.331063] audit: type=1400 audit(1629163643.336:394): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/run/user/1000/gvfsd/socket-jt0kRZuk" pid=77344 comm="pool-evince" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 [947568.328371] audit: type=1400 audit(1629163648.332:395): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/run/user/1000/gvfsd/socket-9dOXwErT" pid=77344 comm="pool-evince" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 [947573.326570] audit: type=1400 audit(1629163653.328:396): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/run/user/1000/gvfsd/socket-tz4r2Rco" pid=77344 comm="pool-evince" requested_mask="wr" denied_mask="wr" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 [947975.225424] audit: type=1400 audit(1629164055.230:397): apparmor="DENIED" operation="exec" profile="/usr/bin/evince" name="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproxy/0.4.17/pxgsettings" pid=78607 comm="sh" requested_mask="x" denied_mask="x" fsuid=1000 ouid=0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1809685 Title: The evince application often freezes Status in Evince: New Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Hi! The evince application (pdf document viewer) often freezes. Thanks. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: evince 3.28.4-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-43.46-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Dec 25 07:12:13 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-06 (232 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evince UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/1809685/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp