[kde-linux] Longstanding printing problems in KDE4

[Bruce Miller]

I picked a page at random. The page that I tried to print 2-up was: http://www.linux.com/feature/151982

linux.com pages are not overly complex, although they do appear to make extensive use of frames. I printed the original format, not the "printer-friendly" version.

Konqueror spat out 21 sheets of paper. The two sheets that contained the actual article (2 x 2-up sheets == 4 "pages") showed a header but no footer.

Printing to the CUPS virtual PDF printer was equally unsuccessful. The output file was about 10K. evince refused to open; it said the file was damaged. Okular (the KDE part that renders PDF in Konqueror) identified the document as one page only and displayed what I believe was the last of the 21 sheets. acroread displayed the same.

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Bruce Miller, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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----- Original Message ----
From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>
To: Bruce Miller <bruce at brmiller.ca>
Sent: Friday, November 7, 2008 5:47:15 PM
Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Longstanding printing problems in KDE4

On Friday 07 November 2008 20:24:08 you wrote:
> Anne, Thanks for the quick reply.
>
> I have an HP printer. To the best of my knowledge, the non-printable areas
> on LaserJet printers have not changed since I first used the *_original_*
> LaserJet back in 1986. They are 0.5" on each of top and bottom and 0.25" on
> each of left and right (of a US Letter "portrait" page).
>
> In order to be less harsh on trees, I set up a virtual PDF printer with
> CUPS. That is where I now test my printing problems with KDE. They occur
> there too.
>
As a matter of interest, can you test a 2-up print?  My old DJ990CXi had 1/2" 
non-printing areas, but the headers printed on 2-up.

Anne
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