[kde-linux] KWrite/printer problem

[Duncan]

jim posted on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:21:13 -0700 as excerpted:

> In the meantime I wrote a simple Bash script using 'PR' & 'LPR' to print
> my text files. I do a lot of C and Python programming and use KWrite as
> my preferred editor due to its handy formatting of program source files.
> Hmmmmm, just thought about it some more. Using my script, the text files
> print with (default) headers and footers and no lines lost. However,
> 'LP' and 'LPR' and probably 'PR' use the CUPS system, so the problem may
> lie in the way KDE 4 KWRITE ( and others) formats the page for printing.

One of the kde devs posted that they're using qt4's printing engine, 
which isn't all that mature yet as of qt 4.5.  Unfortunately, not all the 
necessary fixes got in by the qt 4.6 code freeze, but kde 4.4 will 
include a hack around at least part of the missing stuff.  qt 4.7 should 
finally have a reasonably mature qt printing engine, and when it arrives 
and kde can require it, we should finally be approaching kde 3.5 printing 
functionality levels.

But obviously that's not anything like an immediate fix.  kde 4.4, slated 
for February, should improve things some, however.  Meanwhile, printing 
using other methods (like your PR/LPR script) may be the best 
alternative, if you're seeing issues.

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