[kde-linux] KWrite/printer problem

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 06 October 2009 03:17:25 Bruce Miller wrote:
> I have had this problem with every version of KDE 4 since the 4.0 beta. A
>  few months ago, I was able to work around it by setting specific page
>  margins as well as header and footer sizes. However, I noticed the problem
>  again with a kate document which I printed last week.
> 
> This glitch affects all applications using the KDE print engine.
> 
> Since I use kubuntu, I have filed a bug on the Ubuntu Launchpad. There is a
>  bug on the KDE bugzilla which I have also commented on.
> 
> It would be useful if you could look these up and add an "Affects me too"
>  comment.
> 
>  --
> Bruce Miller, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> bruce at brmiller.ca; (613) 745-1151
> 
> 
> No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of
>  policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> 
> > From: James Tyrer <jrtyrer at earthlink.net>
> > To: For people using KDE on Linux with related questions/problems
> > <kde-linux at kde.org> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2009 7:53:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [kde-linux] KWrite/printer problem
> >
> > jim wrote:
> > > Running Fedora 10, KDE 4.1.2
> > > Printer EPSON C-62 ink-jet, LP0
> > >
> > > Hope someone can help me with a problem I just noticed.
> > >
> > > When I print a text file of more than one page ,
> > > the last line of each page is missing, as well as the footer.
> > >
> > > I have been using KWrite with this printer since RedHat 9 with
> > > no problems.
> > > KWrite and the printer have all default settings.
> > >
> > > To test, I created a text file consistig of "This is line: 1","This is
> > > line:
> >
> > 2"
> >
> > > etc, for a total of 69 lines.
> > >
> > > Fonts are default at Monospace/Regular/10
> > >
> > > Initially it would print the default header, and 52 lines (no footer)
> > > on page 1, Page two would start with the header and line 54.
> > > (line 53 missing)
> > >
> > > There is nothing in KWrite Settings->'Configure editor' dealing with
> > > margins. If I do Ctrl/P->'Printer Properties', and set top and bottom
> > > margins,
> > >
> > > the printing is fine but the settings are not retained between
> > > printings.
> > >
> > > If I go to Administration->printing->printer->properties I can set
> > > margins that are preserved, but the bottom margin is ignored. I set it
> > > to 100 points and the last line (52) is still printed at the bottom of
> > > the page and line 53 and footers are missing.
> > >
> > > Since Kedit seems to be missing in this release, I have no editor
> > > (except vi and openoffice) to print text files, program listings, etc.
> > > (not convenient).
> > >
> > > Really getting bummed with this release of Fedora and KDE.
> >
> > Do you have the paper size set correctly?
> 
For instance, if a document thinks it's printing to A4, but the paper size is 
set to Letter, you'd see this.  There seems to be several places where 
something could interfere.  There are the settings in CUPS, the settings in 
some specific vendor software (such as hplip), the settings in the printer 
applet (which normally are single-document settings) and the settings in the 
document itself.

Don't rely on the printer applet for defaults - it's not designed to do that.  
Check out the CUPS and any vendor-supplied software.  If you can find a mis-
match there that will solve the problem permanently.

Anne
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