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On Saturday 04 October 2008 14:48:24 Carl-Valentin Schmitt wrote: > 2008/10/3 Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > 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? > > > CUPS should be sufficient, no need to use kprinter then ... > Val. > Val, top-posting makes reading a thread extremely difficult, so I've moved your comment. No, CUPS was not sufficient. I had already been down that path and nothing showed up amiss in CUPS. Bringing up kprinter without a job attached is what made the problem clear. Anne |
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