Unable to print correct paper size with Print Creator

[Simon Frei]

That is confusing me: The bug report is still open and the proposed fix
is still in review (not even merged to the dev branch, let a lone a
review). So unless the Tumbleweed guys are awesome (and brave enough) to
bundle QT review code, there must be something else out there addressing
the same thing?

On 03/01/18 12:34, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
> Gilles
>
> All I know is what is in the bug report. I run openSUSE Tumbleweed and
> was told they had added the fix in an update they produced which is
> why I can test it. As yet I do not know what the final fix release
> will be.
>
> Apparently the fix was added to a QT 5.10 update in Tumbleweed but
> whether this is the final fix release or if it will be backported I do
> not know. Sorry.
>
> Stuart
>
> On 03/01/18 11:22, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>> Stuart,
>>
>> When you said that fix is in Qt and is fixed, do you know which Qt
>> version will include this patch ?
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>> 2018-01-03 12:18 GMT+01:00 Stuart T Rogers
>> <stuart at stella-maris.org.uk <mailto:stuart at stella-maris.org.uk>>:
>>
>>     The fix for this is available and does work but will take some time
>>     for systems to get the QT release that contains it.
>>
>>     Please be aware that the fix is in QT and has nothing to do with
>>     digikam. The issue which is fixed is that the Print Creator is
>>     unable to select anything other than non-standard paper sizes, in my
>>     case I was unable to select 5x7 borderless for my Canon iP7250
>>     printer amongst other non-standard sizes. This is because it calls
>>     QT to do this.This bug affects any and all applications which use QT
>>     Printing Support.
>>
>>     The problem you have Melissa sounds to me like a problem in digikam
>>     and this fix will do nothing for you. I suggest you start a new
>>     thread about your issue and follow up through that.
>>
>>     Stuart
>>
>>
>>     On 03/01/18 10:31, Simon Frei wrote:
>>
>>         Installing a new digikam version wont help you. As long as the
>>         issue in
>>         QT I linked to before
>>         (https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-58733
>>         <https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-58733>)
>>         isn't resolved and released, it will persist. A solution is
>>         underway,
>>         but it will still take a while for it to make it into a new QT
>>         release,
>>         and then into the different distribution repos and/or our
>>         appimage. So
>>         don't hold your breath on this...
>>
>>         On 03/01/18 02:45, Melissa Mendelsohn wrote:
>>
>>             Hi All,
>>
>>             I have followed this thread and installed 5.8.0 but I still
>>             cannot print anything but a thumbnail image.
>>             Is there anything you can suggest I do to change the size?
>>             I have tried resizing using GIMP to print as well to no
>> avail
>>             Thanks in advance..
>>             Melissa
>>
>>                 On Dec 28, 2017, at 5:47 AM, Simon Frei
>>                 <freisim93 at gmail.com <mailto:freisim93 at gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>                 This is still a problem with QT's print component:
>>                 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-58733
>>                 <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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>>
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