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