Defaults for the KDE 4.4 printer dialog

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 29 March 2010 08:21:53 Tassilo Horn wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> is it possible to set default values for the KDE 4.4.1 printer dialog?
> 
> Here at work, I always use the same printer.  Unfortunately, by default
> the first printer in the list of ~100 printers sorted by name in
> selected.  So when I want to print something, I always have to choose
> "my" printer first, and additionally I need to enable duplex printing
> each and every time.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that in KDE 3 I was able to save my settings as default.
> 
> And another usability regression compared to KDE 3 is that I cannot
> specify multiple page ranges.
> 
> KDE 3:
> 
>   1. Print... (using my defaults)
>   2. Range: "44-63,75-81,90-100"
>   3. Print
> 
> KDE 4:
> 
>   for r in "44-63" "75-81" "90-100"; do
>     1. Print...
>     2. Select my printer
>     3. Options > enable duplex printing
>     4. Set page range r
>     5. Print
>   done
> 
> Concerning the latter problem, there's a wishlist item in the bugtracker
> (#212244).
> 
The present situation is that you set your defaults in CUPS, via 
localhost:631.  In the printer dialog you change things as you want them for a 
one-off print.  There is a slight complication in that if you use a brand of 
printer that has its own printer setup - HP is an obvious example, but not the 
only one, I think - you need to set your defaults there as well.

Anne
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