Unable to print correct paper size with Print Creator

[Stuart T Rogers]

The fix for this issue in QT just hit my Tumbleweed system today. I have 
tested Print Creator under a normal install of 5.7 of digikam and it 
allows me to select the printer and QT gives me the valid paper size I 
want and am allowed to select it OK.

The Appimage 5.8 however does not allow me to select my printer though 
so am unable to use Appimage version if I want to print.

Stuart

On 28/12/17 10:47, Simon Frei wrote:
> This is still a problem with QT's print component:
> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-58733
> This hasn't seen any progress for a long time, but now there is a patch
> in review, so hopefully we will see a fix released in the near future.
> 
> On 28/12/17 11:40, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
>> I decided to take a look at Print Creator using the latest 5.8
>> appimage for 64 bit Linux.
>>
>> Printing a single image via GIMP works fine as long as I use a
>> standard paper size like A4 or Postcard. However when I want to print
>> a non-standard paper size which my printer supports like 7x5 inches
>> there is no option for that size and no custom paper size, at least
>> I've not found a way to set a custom size.
>>
>> This is an issue for me and actually 7x5 photo paper is quite common
>> especially for Canon printers (and maybe others as well). I know I can
>> scale a photo in GIMP to be that size but by the time the photo
>> reaches GIMP it is already scaled by Digikam so I'm not working with
>> the original.
>>
>> The current implementation to print via GIMP is fine if using standard
>> paper sizes but to print on non-standard paper it is still better to
>> open the image in GIMP and scale and print from GIMP.
>>
>> Stuart
> 
> 

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