KDE apps not using system printer settings

[Michael Weghorn]

I think I can reproduce this now in a virtual machine running Arch Linux
and will try to have a closer look as I find time (but can't promise
when that will be....)

On 2018-03-28 03:12, Bug Reporter wrote:
> As my next attempt to resolve this I deleted ~/.cache, ~/.kde4 and
> /.config. I logged in as the user and checked the default paper for the
> printers and it remains A4.
> 
> I believe I have now covered all the suggestions offered so far. What
> can I try next? Thanks
> 
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Stephen Dowdy <sdowdy at ucar.edu
> <mailto:sdowdy at ucar.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Here's a snippet from my internal wiki page on printing
>     troubleshooting...
>     (FWIW, i've battled this type of issue before, sometimes left with
>     just head-scratching :-( )
> 
>     libpaper
> 
>     On Linux systems with the libpaper package installed, the system
>     default papersize is stored in /etc/papersize.
> 
>     You can get the value that will be used in libpapersize supporting
>     applications with:
>         paperconf
> 
>     or if the paperconf package is not installed....
>         echo ${PAPERSIZE:-$(cat ${PAPERCONF:-/etc/papersize} 2>/dev/null
>     || echo "NO DEFAULT PAPERSIZE")}
> 
>     I.e you can specify an environment variable PAPERSIZE with a valid
>     paper size (see man -s 5 papersize for valid papersizes, or type
>     'paperconf -a' to list them), or you can specify an override to the
>     system's default papersize configuration file (/etc/papersize) by
>     using the PAPERCONF environment variable to point to a file of your
>     choosing that contains the name of a valid paper size.
>     Other Possible Desktop Environment (DE) configurations
> 
>     It could be other things setting this value, so you might do:
>         find ~/.config/ ~/.local/ ~/.kde*/ -xdev -type f -exec grep -i
>     -e paper -e a4 {} +  2>&1 | less
> 
>     To see if there's any standard desktop configurations that refer to
>     "paper" or "a4" (if you're always getting A4 printouts).
>     NOTE: this is likely to generate a LOT of noise
> 
>     Also, CUPS may be configured to default a Printer to a specific
>     size, either globally or individually.  Try these:
> 
>     $ lpoptions | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -i -e letter -e a4 -e paper -e size
>     HPOption_PaperPolicy=Scale
> 
>     $ lpoptions -l | grep -i -e size
>     PageSize/Page Size: *Letter Legal Executive HalfLetter w612h935 4x6
>     5x7 5x8 A4 A5 A6 RA4 B5 B6 W283H425 w553h765 w522h737 w558h774
>     DoublePostcard Postcard Env10 Env9 EnvMonarch EnvISOB5 EnvC5 EnvC6
>     EnvDL Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT
>     HPBookletPageSize/Paper For Booklet: *Letter Legal Executive
>     HalfLetter w612h935 4x6 5x7 5x8 A4 A5 RA4 B5 B6 W283H425 w553h765
>     w522h737 w558h774 Postcard DoublePostcard
>     HPwmFontSize/Size: pt24 pt30 pt36 pt42 *pt48 pt54 pt60 pt66 pt72
>     pt78 pt84 pt90
> 
>     add a '-P {printername}' to lpoptions (prior to '-l') to look at
>     settings for specific printers
> 
>     The options that are '*'-ed are default settings.
> 
>     --stephen
> 
>     On 03/27/2018 08:11 AM, Bug Reporter wrote:
>     > I'm not sure how to list all KDE app versions with one command, however, here are the main ones:
>     >
>     > $ plasmashell --version
>     > plasmashell 5.12.3
>     > $ kate --version
>     > kate 17.12.3
>     > $ dolphin --version
>     > dolphin 17.12.3
>     > $ konsole --version
>     > konsole 17.12.3
>     >
>     > I'm running Arch Linux and all packages are up to date. I'm running stable versions of all packages. My Linux kernel version is:
>     > 4.15.10-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 15 12:24:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>     >
>     > My CUPS version is 2.2.6
>     >
>     >
>     > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Ianseeks
>     <bingmybong at btinternet.com <mailto:bingmybong at btinternet.com>
>     <mailto:bingmybong at btinternet.com
>     <mailto:bingmybong at btinternet.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On Sunday, 25 March 2018 20:00:44 BST Bug Reporter wrote:
>     >     > Starting several months ago, all KDE apps (e.g., Kate) no
>     longer use the
>     >     > system printer settings. For example, in "Kickoff ->
>     Computer -> System
>     >     > Settings -> Printer Configuration" I have US letter paper
>     size set.
>     >     > However, Kate and other KDE apps all default to A4 paper
>     size. I can't find
>     >     > a way to change this default, so I have to manually change
>     paper size every
>     >     > single time I need to print.
>     >     I'm not having that problem.
>     >     I set my Printer Configuration to "Letter" and then ran kate,
>     checked its settings and it showed it was set to "Letter", i then
>     changed it back to A4 in the Printer Configuration, reran kate,
>     checked its setting and it showed as A4.
>     >
>     >     >
>     >     > I'm running Arch Linux on several different computers (NUC,
>     laptop, desktop
>     >     > and more). The problem appears on all systems. All packages,
>     including KDE
>     >     > are fully up to date with Arch's most recent packages. The
>     problem has
>     >     > persisted through several updates now. I estimate it has
>     been going on for
>     >     > at least 3 months.
>     >     >
>     >     > Whenever I make a change (such as paper size) using
>     "Configure your
>     >     > printers" in System Settings, I can see the change reflected
>     in the
>     >     > printer's PPD file in /etc/cups/ppd. However, as I said,
>     Kate and other KDE
>     >     > apps ignore that value.
>     >     >
>     >     > Is this a known bug? Is there a work-around?
>     >     >
>     >     > Thank you.
>     >     >
>     >     You might need to list the version levels of the software you
>     are using in case someone else might notice a mismatch ot has the
>     same as you and can check..
>     >
>     >     --
>     >     opensuse:tumbleweed:20180324
>     >     Qt: 5.10.0 KDE Frameworks: 5.44.0 - KDE Plasma:  5.12.3 - kwin
>     5.12.3
>     >     kmail2 5.7.3 - akonadiserver 5.7.3 - Kernel: 
>     4.15.11-1-default  - xf86-video-nouveau:  1.0.15
>     >
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