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 -- KDE Community Working Group New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
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