The problem is most probably caused by switching the pdftops CUPS filter
from Poppler to Ghostscript and allowing higher image rendering
resolutions when the pdftops filter has to turn graphical structures of
the PDF input file into bitmaps when converting to PostScript and
PostScript does not support these structures.

I have uploaded a cups-filters package to precise-proposed now which
switches back to Poppler and limits the image rendering resolution to
360 dpi. Please test the package as soon as it gets available for
download and give feedback here. This is required to make the new
package an official update for Precise. Another comment with testing
instructions will get posted here.

With the new package you can also test the behavior when switching
between use of Poppler and Ghostscript and changing the resolution
limit. Run the following commands in a terminal window for switching
between Ghostscript and Poppler:

lpadmin -p <printer> -o pdftops-renderer-default=gs
lpadmin -p <printer> -o pdftops-renderer-default=pdftops

and

lpadmin -p printer -R pdftops-renderer-default

to remove the setting. To change the resolution limit run a command like

lpadmin -p <printer> -o pdftops-max-image-resolution-default=1440

and set unlimited resolution via

lpadmin -p <printer> -o pdftops-max-image-resolution-default=0

or remove your setting with

lpadmin -p <printer> -R pdftops-max-image-resolution-default

Always replace "<printer>" by your printer's queue name (enter "lpstat
-v" to find your printer's queue name).

See also

/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/README.txt.gz

See and tell us in this bug report which works best for you.

A debdiff of the changes is attached.

** Changed in: cups-filters (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: cups-filters (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: cups-filters (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => quantal-alpha-1

** Also affects: cups-filters (Ubuntu Quantal)
   Importance: High
       Status: Fix Released

** Also affects: cups-filters (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: cups-filters (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Changed in: cups-filters (Ubuntu Precise)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: cups-filters (Ubuntu Precise)
    Milestone: None => precise-updates

** Patch added: "cups-filters_1.0.17-0bzr0.1_1.0.18-0ubuntu0.1.debdiff"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/+bug/998087/+attachment/3149058/+files/cups-filters_1.0.17-0bzr0.1_1.0.18-0ubuntu0.1.debdiff

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