<div dir="ltr">Thank you Stephan. That's helpful info. Here's what I have found so far:<br><br>$ cat ~/.cups/lpoptions<br>Dest HP_X576dw_1 Duplex=DuplexNoTumble HPPJLOutputMode=GeneralOffice HPPJLSaturation=-1 InputSlot=Tray2 MediaType=Plain<br>Dest HP_X576dw_2 Duplex=DuplexNoTumble HPPJLOutputMode=GeneralOffice HPPJLSaturation=-1 InputSlot=Tray2 MediaType=Plain<br>Dest HP_X576dw_3 Duplex=DuplexNoTumble HPPJLOutputMode=GeneralOffice HPPJLSaturation=-1 InputSlot=Tray2 MediaType=Plain<br><br># find /etc/cups/ -xdev -type f -exec grep -i -e paper -e a4 {} + 2>&1 | less<br>and/or look at each ppd file directly:<br># less /etc/cups/ppd/HP_X576dw_1.ppd<br>For each printer, it lists:<br>*DefaultPaperDimension: Letter<br>*DefaultPageRegion: Letter <br>*DefaultImageableArea: Letter<br>*PaperDimension Letter/US Letter: "612 792"<br>*VariablePaperSize: False<br><br>$ find ~/.config/ ~/.local/ ~/.kde*/ -xdev -type f -exec grep -i -e paper -e a4 {} + 2>&1 | less<br>(did not find anything revealing)<br><br># cat /etc/papersize<br># Simply write the paper name. See papersize(5) for possible values<br>(that is the entire file)<br><br># paperconf<br>letter<br><br># lpoptions | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -i -e letter -e a4 -e paper -e size<br>#<br>(no output)<br><br># cat /etc/cups/lpoptions<br>cat: /etc/cups/lpoptions: No such file or directory<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">It does not appear that anything is setting an A4 default, yet every printer on every computer is defaulting to A4 now. This started a few months ago.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Stephen Dowdy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sdowdy@ucar.edu" target="_blank">sdowdy@ucar.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Here's a snippet from my internal wiki page on printing troubleshooting...<br>
(FWIW, i've battled this type of issue before, sometimes left with just head-scratching :-( )<br>
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libpaper<br>
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On Linux systems with the libpaper package installed, the system default papersize is stored in /etc/papersize.<br>
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You can get the value that will be used in libpapersize supporting applications with:<br>
paperconf<br>
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or if the paperconf package is not installed....<br>
echo ${PAPERSIZE:-$(cat ${PAPERCONF:-/etc/papersize} 2>/dev/null || echo "NO DEFAULT PAPERSIZE")}<br>
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I.e you can specify an environment variable PAPERSIZE with a valid paper size (see man -s 5 papersize for valid papersizes, or type 'paperconf -a' to list them), or you can specify an override to the system's default papersize configuration file (/etc/papersize) by using the PAPERCONF environment variable to point to a file of your choosing that contains the name of a valid paper size.<br>
Other Possible Desktop Environment (DE) configurations<br>
<br>
It could be other things setting this value, so you might do:<br>
find ~/.config/ ~/.local/ ~/.kde*/ -xdev -type f -exec grep -i -e paper -e a4 {} + 2>&1 | less<br>
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To see if there's any standard desktop configurations that refer to "paper" or "a4" (if you're always getting A4 printouts).<br>
NOTE: this is likely to generate a LOT of noise<br>
<br>
Also, CUPS may be configured to default a Printer to a specific size, either globally or individually. Try these:<br>
<br>
$ lpoptions | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -i -e letter -e a4 -e paper -e size<br>
HPOption_PaperPolicy=Scale<br>
<br>
$ lpoptions -l | grep -i -e size<br>
PageSize/Page Size: *Letter Legal Executive HalfLetter w612h935 4x6 5x7 5x8 A4 A5 A6 RA4 B5 B6 W283H425 w553h765 w522h737 w558h774 DoublePostcard Postcard Env10 Env9 EnvMonarch EnvISOB5 EnvC5 EnvC6 EnvDL Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT<br>
HPBookletPageSize/Paper For Booklet: *Letter Legal Executive HalfLetter w612h935 4x6 5x7 5x8 A4 A5 RA4 B5 B6 W283H425 w553h765 w522h737 w558h774 Postcard DoublePostcard<br>
HPwmFontSize/Size: pt24 pt30 pt36 pt42 *pt48 pt54 pt60 pt66 pt72 pt78 pt84 pt90<br>
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add a '-P {printername}' to lpoptions (prior to '-l') to look at settings for specific printers<br>
<br>
The options that are '*'-ed are default settings.<br>
<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--stephen<br>
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On 03/27/2018 08:11 AM, Bug Reporter wrote:<br>
> 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>
> 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>
> My CUPS version is 2.2.6<br>
><br>
><br>
</span><div class="gmail-HOEnZb"><div class="gmail-h5">> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Ianseeks <<a href="mailto:bingmybong@btinternet.com">bingmybong@btinternet.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:bingmybong@btinternet.com">bingmybong@btinternet.<wbr>com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> 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>
> 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>
><br>
> ><br>
> > 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>
> ><br>
> > 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>
> ><br>
> > Is this a known bug? Is there a work-around?<br>
> ><br>
> > Thank you.<br>
> ><br>
> 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>
><br>
> --<br>
> opensuse:tumbleweed:20180324<br>
> Qt: 5.10.0 KDE Frameworks: 5.44.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.12.3 - kwin 5.12.3<br>
> kmail2 5.7.3 - akonadiserver 5.7.3 - Kernel: 4.15.11-1-default - xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.15<br>
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