I am running Mint Gloria (based on Intrepid); using a Canon LBP3100 which was faultless; installed acroread; 

now cannot print at all; any text: error message

/usr/lib/cups/filter/cpdftocps failed

error log:

D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] Get-Jobs ipp://localhost/jobs/
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] [Job 206] Loading attributes...
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] Create-Printer-Subscription /
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdCreateSubscription(con=0xb9606358(12), uri="/")
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] pullmethod="ippget"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] notify-lease-duration=86400
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] notify-time-interval=0
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdAddSubscription(mask=17800, dest=(nil)(), job=(nil)(0), uri="(null)")
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] Added subscription 97 for server
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] Saving subscriptions.conf...
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:17 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:18 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:18 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:18 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:18 +1300] Get-Notifications /
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:18 +1300] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="pdc"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:18 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:18 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST /printers/LBP3100 HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] Print-Job ipp://localhost/printers/LBP3100
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] add_job: requesting-user-name="pdc"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] Adding default job-sheets values "none,none"...
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Adding start banner page "none".
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] Saving subscriptions.conf...
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Adding end banner page "none".
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] File of type application/postscript queued by "pdc".
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] hold_until=0
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Queued on "LBP3100" by "pdc".
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] Saving subscriptions.conf...
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] job-sheets=none,none
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] banner_page = 0
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] argv[0]="LBP3100"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] argv[1]="207"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] argv[2]="pdc"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] argv[3]="Test Page"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] argv[4]="1"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] argv[5]="job-uuid=urn:uuid:eb6a3c7a-6510-394a-4844-a9ad5c1dee77"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d00207-001"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[0]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[1]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[2]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/cups/doc-root"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[4]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[7]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[8]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[9]="SERVER_ADMIN=root@pdc-desktop"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[10]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.3.9"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[11]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[12]="TZ=Pacific/Auckland"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[13]="USER=root"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[14]="CUPS_SERVER=/var/run/cups/cups.sock"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[15]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[16]="IPP_PORT=631"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[17]="CHARSET=utf-8"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[18]="LANG=en_NZ.UTF8"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[19]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/LBP3100.ppd"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[20]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=8m"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[21]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/postscript"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[22]="DEVICE_URI=ccp:/var/ccpd/fifo0"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[23]="PRINTER=LBP3100"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] envp[24]="FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=printer/LBP3100"
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf (PID 18669)
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf (PID 18670)
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/cpdftocps (PID 18671)
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstocapt3 (PID 18676)
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ccp (PID 18677)
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] Saving subscriptions.conf...
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] pstopdf argv[6] = 207 pdc Test Page 1 job-uuid=urn:uuid:eb6a3c7a-6510-394a-4844-a9ad5c1dee77 /var/spool/cups/d00207-001
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] PPD: /etc/cups/ppd/LBP3100.ppd
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] pstocapt3 start.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Resolution: 600
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Page size: A4
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Width: , height: , absolute margins: , , ,
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Relative margins: , , ,
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] PPD options: -r600
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] PostScript to be injected:
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Running cat | /usr/bin/ps2pdf13 -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dAutoFilterColorImages=false                -dNOPLATFONTS -dPARANOIDSAFER -sstdout=%stderr -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode                -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer -r600 - -
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] GPL Ghostscript 8.63: Set UseCIEColor for UseDeviceIndependentColor to work properly.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] Get-Notifications /
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="pdc"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] Get-Job-Attributes ipp://localhost/jobs/207
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] Get-Notifications /
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="pdc"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] PID 18669 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf) exited with no errors.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] PID 18670 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf) exited with no errors.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] Can't open /dev/null: Permission denied
E [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] PID 18671 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/cpdftocps) stopped with status 13!
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 10 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] Get-Jobs ipp://localhost/printers/LBP3100
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 10 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] ccp: last data.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] [Job 207] ccp: end of send data.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:26 +1300] PID 18677 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/ccp) exited with no errors.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] PID 18676 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstocapt3) exited with no errors.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] [Job 207] File 0 is complete.
E [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] [Job 207] Job stopped due to filter errors.
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] Saving subscriptions.conf...
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] Saving subscriptions.conf...
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] [Job 207] Unloading...
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] Get-Notifications /
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="pdc"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] Get-Notifications /
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="pdc"
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:27 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] Get-Job-Attributes ipp://localhost/jobs/207
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] [Job 207] Loading attributes...
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] Cancel-Subscription /
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="pdc"
I [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] Saving subscriptions.conf...
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdProcessIPPRequest: 12 status_code=0 (successful-ok)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost (Domain)
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdCloseClient: 11
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdReadClient: 12 GET /admin/log/error_log HTTP/1.1
D [26/Nov/2009:09:36:32 +1300] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.