KDE printing disasters

[Carl-Valentin Schmitt]

CUPS should be sufficient, no need to use kprinter then ...
Val.



2008/10/3 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>

>  On Friday 03 October 2008 04:38:36 James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>
> > > I'm completely stumped with the bug report.  This problem is not
> confined
>
> > > to any end-user application, but to the printer properties control, as
>
> > > far as I can see.  Searching on bugs.kde.org against 'printer
> properties'
>
> > > doesn't bring up anything.  What application should I file this
> against?
>
> >
>
> > Try kprint or kprinter.
>
> I've resolved the problem, but need an opinion as to whether to go ahead
> with a bug report.
>
> I ran kprinter from krunner - not from a document. There I found that it
> was using rolodex size (4 x 6 index card?) as the default. This was,
> apparently, overriding anything I set anywhere else. I had set the print
> options in the new print dialogue to A4, and the advanced page seemed to
> show that the paper size was A4, yet it was using the index card size and
> scaling everything to print.
>
> Having made the change in kprinter and saved it, the problem is resolved.
> In all the installs I've ever done, in any of the four distros I've used,
> I've never seen this behaviour. I suspect that the problem is this
> change-over period where two packages are attempting to control printing,
> causing conflicts. What do you think?
>
> Anne
>
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