https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386644
Bug ID: 386644
Summary: kde print dialog does not show printer specific
options for remote cups printers
Product: print-manager
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: major
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
I run a linux system with openSuSE 42.3 with KDE 5.8.7, QT 5.6.2. Recently I
just wanted to print a PDF document using okular to a remote cups printer. On
my local machine there is also a cups server running that simply learns all
printers from another, central cups server that really controls these printers.
After selecting the printer I wanted to print to, in the printing dialogue I
had two Buttons: "properties" (in my german KDE version: "Eigenschaften") and
Settings ("Einstellungen"). In none of dialogues that open when pressing one of
the buttons I am able to see the printer specific options like "print a
watermark" that are all shown on the system when running lpoptions:
$lpoptions -p myremoteprinter -l
....
RIOrientOvr/Orientation Override: *Off Landscape Portrait
RIWatermark/Watermark: *Off On
RIWMText/Watermark Text: *Confidential Copy Copyright Final FileCopy Proof
TopSecret
RIwmFont/Watermark Font: CourierB TimesB *HelveticaB
RIwmSize/Watermark Size: 24 *36 48 60 72
RIwmAngle/Watermark Angle: 180Deg 135Deg 90Deg *45Deg 0Deg M45Deg M90Deg
M135Deg M180Deg
RIwmTextStyle/Watermark Style: *Gray Outline
..
When I start /usr/bin/configure-printer myremoteprinter I can see all the
options as well that are missing in the kde printing dialogue. So it seems that
my local running cups server learned all these options correctly.
printing the pdf (which is a A4 page in portrait orientation) from okular
anyway, results in a print in wrong orientation. When selection "portrait" its
printed in landscape orientation, when selecting "landscape" in the printing
dialogue its printed smaller than the paper size (A4) but in correct
orientation. So after all I am unable to print a correctly formatted page from
a simple PDF document.
If I do not use okular for previewing/printing the pdf but instead evince on
the very same machine then everything works as expected, all printer specific
options are available/selectable and printing in orientation "protrait" results
in a correctly printed/formatted page that really fills the whole a4 paper. So
it seems that KDE printing has a severe problem at the moment. i also tried
printing a photo from gwenview. The problem remains the same. There are no
printer specific options that can be selected in the printer dialogue (for the
photo I did not test if the orientation of the resulting print is ok or not).
I think the current situation is that printing is close to impossible using KDE
tools, which should really be fixed as soon as possible.
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