Ralph Shumaker wrote: > Ralph Shumaker wrote: >> Carl Lowenstein wrote: >> >>> On 7/19/06, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >>>> > Ralph Shumaker wrote: >>>> > >>>> >>Ralph Shumaker wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>>Some programs (on fc4, and was the same on fc3) correctly see >>>> that my >>>> >>>default printer is my hp1100. Other programs, such as gnumeric >>>> always >>>> >>>come up defaulting to "generic postscript printer". >>>> >>> >>>> >>>Anyone know why? >>> >>> >>> >>> Two questions: >>> 1) Is the HP1100 a PostScript printer? >>> 2) if you tell the program to print to "generic postscript printer" >>> what does it do? >>> >>> On my system, "generic postscript printer" and HP2200 both make >>> printed sheets on the same piece of hardware. >>> >>> carl >> >> >> "generic postscript printer" starts printing a little too late (in >> landscape) (running off the bottom of the page) and always spits out a >> blank page after the printed page. The "HP1100" selection does not. >> >> But it's not just a simple matter of telling gnumeric to use the >> hp1100 instead. First, it took a while to figure out how to tell >> gnumeric to use a different printer. The only way I found was to tell >> it to print, either with the print icon or File|Print, select the >> printer I want, then click Cancel. (I was always using preview and >> printing from there.) But when you tell it to use a different >> printer, gnumeric loses *all* the File|PrintSetup settings. I have to >> go through setting them back up on *all* the sheets. Some sheets are >> the same, some are not. Anyway, this gets to be quite tedious, and >> generates a *STRONG* feeling of resentment toward this insidious >> default that ignores *MY* default. > > I've submitted a bug report to bugzilla, but it's only been a few days > and I haven't heard anything back. > > But I got the idea to launch gnumeric from a command line (instead of > the icon) and I get some interesting messages when the print dialog > comes up. And the messages were different depending upon whether I > called for the print dialog after loading a gnumeric file or loading no > files: > > In this example, the first line (Reading file...) appeared when I loaded > the file, but the rest appeared when calling for the print dialog. > <Loading-a-file> > $ gnumeric > Reading file:///home/rafael/health/bodyForLife/totalBody.gnumeric > Model not found, discarding config > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: Could not find child for option > "PhysicalSize" with id "Letter" > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: Could not set value of "PhysicalSize" to > "Letter" > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: failed request with status 404 > GnomePrintCupsPlugin-Message: The ppd file for the CUPS printer hp1100 > could not be loaded. > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > (gnumeric:5090): GnomePrintCupsPlugin-WARNING **: iconv does not support > ppd character encoding: ISOLatin1, trying CSISOLatin1 > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5090): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > </Loading-a-file> > > > <Just-launching-gnumeric-fresh> > $ gnumeric > Model not found, discarding config > > ** (gnumeric:5199): WARNING **: failed request with status 404 > GnomePrintCupsPlugin-Message: The ppd file for the CUPS printer hp1100 > could not be loaded. > > ** (gnumeric:5199): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > (gnumeric:5199): GnomePrintCupsPlugin-WARNING **: iconv does not support > ppd character encoding: ISOLatin1, trying CSISOLatin1 > > ** (gnumeric:5199): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5199): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5199): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5199): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5199): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5199): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > > ** (gnumeric:5199): WARNING **: failed request with status 200 > </Just-launching-gnumeric-fresh> > > Is any of this useful?
A Google search on child for option PhysicalSize did return some hits, including some existing bugzilla postings, but I didn't make any direct connection with your problems. Except maybe some cause to suspect library packages with names like libgnomeprint* Just for curiosity, you might post your results for rpm -qa|grep gnomeprint Also I *do* think your terminal messages are worth posting to your bug report as an additional information addendum. The experts at that end may recognize some clues. In the process of cutting and pasting, You might try to compact it a bit by replacing runs of repeated messages with elipsis (...). Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
