According to comment #7 it seems that the PostScript file created by Adobe Reader (it does not send PDF files as print job data) makes evince (or perhaps some program called by it, like ghostscript) crash.
A quick test on a system using Ghostscript 9.16 shows that no crash happened neither when opening the file via evince or by directly calling Ghostscript. Perhaps it is a problem in Ghostscript 9.15. ** Also affects: ghostscript (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1442877 Title: Adobe Reader 9 (Acrobat) printing no longer works Status in acroread package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in cups package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Printing documents using Adobe Reader 9 under Ubuntu 15.04 produces no output. The printer is activated, but no pages appear. This worked under 14.04 and 14.10. Also noted that the options to print the current page and to print specified pages are now disabled in the print dialogue box. Failing documents print successfully using evince. Other applications tried (e.g. LibreOffice) are not affected. This problem appears to be specific to Adobe Reader 9. Printer is a Brother HL-2070N. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: cups 2.0.2-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-13.13-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CupsErrorLog: E [11/Apr/2015:10:28:38 +0100] [Client 31] Returning IPP client-error-bad-request for Print-Job (ipp://localhost/printers/Brother-HL-2070N-series) from localhost CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Apr 11 10:34:55 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-20 (902 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) Lpstat: device for Brother-HL-2070N-series: lpd://cpiprint/BINARY_P1 MachineType: LENOVO 2958 Papersize: a4 PpdFiles: Error: command ['fgrep', '-H', '*NickName', '/etc/cups/ppd/Brother-HL-2070N-series.ppd'] failed with exit code 2: grep: /etc/cups/ppd/Brother-HL-2070N-series.ppd: Permission denied ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-13-generic root=UUID=23f8da47-4d92-4878-950e-c31980589751 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-05 (5 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/18/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 18CN42WW(V2.51) dmi.board.name: NITU1 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: REFERENCE dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr18CN42WW(V2.51):bd01/18/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2958:pvrLenovoG550:rvnLENOVO:rnNITU1:rvrREFERENCE:cvnNoEnclosure:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: 2958 dmi.product.version: Lenovo G550 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2013-04-25T17:38:42.368282 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acroread/+bug/1442877/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp