<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I'm not sure how to list all KDE app versions with one command, however, here are the main ones:<br><br>$ plasmashell --version<br>plasmashell 5.12.3<br>$ kate --version<br>kate 17.12.3<br>$ dolphin --version<br>dolphin 17.12.3<br>$ konsole --version<br>konsole 17.12.3<br><br></div>I'm running Arch Linux and all packages are up to date. I'm running stable versions of all packages. My Linux kernel version is:<br>4.15.10-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 15 12:24:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br><br></div>My CUPS version is 2.2.6<br><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Ianseeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bingmybong@btinternet.com" target="_blank">bingmybong@btinternet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Sunday, 25 March 2018 20:00:44 BST Bug Reporter wrote:<br>
> Starting several months ago, all KDE apps (e.g., Kate) no longer use the<br>
> system printer settings. For example, in "Kickoff -> Computer -> System<br>
> Settings -> Printer Configuration" I have US letter paper size set.<br>
> However, Kate and other KDE apps all default to A4 paper size. I can't find<br>
> a way to change this default, so I have to manually change paper size every<br>
> single time I need to print.<br>
</span>I'm not having that problem.<br>
I set my Printer Configuration to "Letter" and then ran kate, checked its settings and it showed it was set to "Letter", i then changed it back to A4 in the Printer Configuration, reran kate, checked its setting and it showed as A4.<br>
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> I'm running Arch Linux on several different computers (NUC, laptop, desktop<br>
> and more). The problem appears on all systems. All packages, including KDE<br>
> are fully up to date with Arch's most recent packages. The problem has<br>
> persisted through several updates now. I estimate it has been going on for<br>
> at least 3 months.<br>
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> Whenever I make a change (such as paper size) using "Configure your<br>
> printers" in System Settings, I can see the change reflected in the<br>
> printer's PPD file in /etc/cups/ppd. However, as I said, Kate and other KDE<br>
> apps ignore that value.<br>
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> Is this a known bug? Is there a work-around?<br>
><br>
> Thank you.<br>
><br>
</span>You might need to list the version levels of the software you are using in case someone else might notice a mismatch ot has the same as you and can check..<br>
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