Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet

2013-07-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Errr, sorry about my little outburst earlier.  

C410 looks like it might be an even earlier model than the 960C.  However the 
960C is specifically listed on Hewlett Packard page of printers that have 
recently had support withdrawn, at least withdrawn from newer versions of OS X
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01856359cc=ukdlc=enlc=enproduct=77146tmp_track_link=ot_search
with the extra note
Installing older HP drivers and software on a Mac running these operating 
systems might create conflicts.
A lot of times i find that sort of warning is wrong and that ignoring it worked 
fine for me.  On the other hand ignoring such things has also left me with 
horribly broken systems that have taken a lot of time and resources to fix.  I 
never know whether to risk it or not.  


Hmmm, another approach that is a lot more feasible in GnuLinux and probably 
Mac too is to install a Virtual Machine, such as Oracle's Virtualbox (which 
is actually quite good despite being Oracle's) and then install some other OS 
on there.  I tend to go for something really light-weight that only just does 
the 1 task i need it for.  For me that's often SliTaz but i don't know how good 
it is for printers.  I usually just need a disk partitioner, a file-browser and 
text-editor and a web-browser.  

Alternatively a dual-boot into another system but
1.  i think that's quite tough to set-up on Macs
2.  it means rebooting every time you want to, in this case print, so i would 
tend to save all my printing and then do it all in one big batch.


I tried looking up date of manufacture but am in a bit of a rush for a meeting 
i don't want to go to.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  







 From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com
To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk 
Cc: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com; 
users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Thursday, 18 July 2013, 23:07
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet
 

Hi.
I have LO 4.1 dev build on a macbook pro 10.6.8 (I think) and can print 
duplex to a Brother 2040D and an HP C410.

Steve
On 2013-07-19 05:37, Tom Davies wrote:
 Hi :)
 Upgrading LO to 4.0.x sounds like a good plan, as does
 File - Export to Pdf
 and then print the Pdf through whatever you view Pdfs with.

 Errr i only had a go on 1 Macbook once and i wasn't able to fully explore 
 it.  it was quite a big deal for me as it's been about a decade since i last 
 used a Mac.  I have seen quite a few people on these mailing lists deal with 
 Mac issues and documentation is pretty good at providing a conversion table 
 to deal with a couple of issues.  So i listen to other people and copypaste 
 parts of their previous answers if it seems appropriate.  These lists are 
 great for learning tons of useful stuff or just increasing understanding 
 general understanding.

 As Tim said Mac is kinda a brother or sister of GnuLinux so advice based on 
 one might help with the other but there are some odd differences between the 
 platforms.

 The main problem seemed to be that because the drivers were built-in to OS X 
 10.5 it's very difficult to get hold of a package that is just the driver or 
 installer.  However, i think the op has found 3 drivers that are almost 
 right but just not quite there.  Perhaps upgrading LO might help them.
 Regards from
 Tom :)





 
 From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com
 To: users@global.libreoffice.org
 Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 5:03
 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet



 For now, as a big work around. . .
 Do you have luck printing a PDF file to the HP 960?  If so, then just
 export to PDF and print that file.  That will work till we get the
 direct printing from LO issue fixed.  For the longest time, that was
 what I did to print a duplex document on the Epson printer.


 Do you have the ability to use the OSX 10.5 driver?  Or the more generic
 10.1.5 to 10.4.x driver?

 HP has those drivers on their web site for download.

 I am not a Mac person, but since it is sort of a Linux-like OS
 [do not tell me how it is not a Linux OS, since I am using a generic
 comparison]
 then there must be a way to install this older driver and use it.

 I know that for Linux and Windows, drivers for earlier version of the OS
 can work, most times, when there is no newer version for the newer OS.
 I have used 10.04 and 11.x drivers for my Ubuntu system when there has
 not been one made for my 12.04 version of the OS.  Actually I have done
 that with several packages.  So I am hoping that the 10.5.x driver would
 work on a 10.7 OSX, since there is none listed for 10.6 or 10.7.

 Also, LO 3.4.1 may not be the best version for your needs.  I had a lot
 of trouble with dialogs and duplex printing till the 3.6.x line.  I use
 4.0.4.2 on a Linux system at this time.  So it is possible for you to
 download and install

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet

2013-07-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Yes, duplexing and other features do  work on some other printers.  The problem 
is that we can't always be certain of what will and what wont work.  As Virgil 
often grumbles it seems organisations like to change things around just to 
break things.  In this case the HP 960C Deskjet was working fine in OS X 10.5 
but now doesn't work so well with 10.7.  

rant
On the one side we have manufacturers that want you to pay money for their 
newer models, preferably directly from them.  Supplies would then only need to 
stock the newer inks and toners.  Fersh faced kids out of college would only 
have to know how to support/use newer stuff.  On the other side we have 
Operating Systems that don't want to be too bloated and don't want to have 
bitsbobs floating around to support things that hardly anyone is using any 
more.  It's not really a conspiracy as such, it's just that it's in 
'everyone's' best interest to keep on buying into the constant upgrade cycle.  
Everyone except the consumers and environmentalists and athsemtic kids but who 
cares about them.  We have to spend more to make the economy recover don't we?!
/rant [hopefully]

side issue
In GnuLinux land it is supposedly possible to 'just' find the appropriate old 
kernel module and do something to it and then kinda graft it on to a newer 
system.  I have no idea if that is even possible for Macs.  It's a proprietary 
system and i don't think they like the idea of people diving into the code.  
Even on GnuLinux i have no idea how to actually do that sort of thing anyway.  
I was hoping that someone might have a much easier fix! ;)
/side issue

It is good to know that duplexing does work before FUD starts being generated 
about this sort of thing.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  






 From: Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com
To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk 
Cc: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com; 
users@global.libreoffice.org users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Thursday, 18 July 2013, 23:07
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet
 

Hi.
I have LO 4.1 dev build on a macbook pro 10.6.8 (I think) and can print 
duplex to a Brother 2040D and an HP C410.

Steve
On 2013-07-19 05:37, Tom Davies wrote:
 Hi :)
 Upgrading LO to 4.0.x sounds like a good plan, as does
 File - Export to Pdf
 and then print the Pdf through whatever you view Pdfs with.

 Errr i only had a go on 1 Macbook once and i wasn't able to fully explore 
 it.  it was quite a big deal for me as it's been about a decade since i last 
 used a Mac.  I have seen quite a few people on these mailing lists deal with 
 Mac issues and documentation is pretty good at providing a conversion table 
 to deal with a couple of issues.  So i listen to other people and copypaste 
 parts of their previous answers if it seems appropriate.  These lists are 
 great for learning tons of useful stuff or just increasing understanding 
 general understanding.

 As Tim said Mac is kinda a brother or sister of GnuLinux so advice based on 
 one might help with the other but there are some odd differences between the 
 platforms.

 The main problem seemed to be that because the drivers were built-in to OS X 
 10.5 it's very difficult to get hold of a package that is just the driver or 
 installer.  However, i think the op has found 3 drivers that are almost 
 right but just not quite there.  Perhaps upgrading LO might help them.
 Regards from
 Tom :)





 
 From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com
 To: users@global.libreoffice.org
 Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 5:03
 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet



 For now, as a big work around. . .
 Do you have luck printing a PDF file to the HP 960?  If so, then just
 export to PDF and print that file.  That will work till we get the
 direct printing from LO issue fixed.  For the longest time, that was
 what I did to print a duplex document on the Epson printer.


 Do you have the ability to use the OSX 10.5 driver?  Or the more generic
 10.1.5 to 10.4.x driver?

 HP has those drivers on their web site for download.

 I am not a Mac person, but since it is sort of a Linux-like OS
 [do not tell me how it is not a Linux OS, since I am using a generic
 comparison]
 then there must be a way to install this older driver and use it.

 I know that for Linux and Windows, drivers for earlier version of the OS
 can work, most times, when there is no newer version for the newer OS.
 I have used 10.04 and 11.x drivers for my Ubuntu system when there has
 not been one made for my 12.04 version of the OS.  Actually I have done
 that with several packages.  So I am hoping that the 10.5.x driver would
 work on a 10.7 OSX, since there is none listed for 10.6 or 10.7.

 Also, LO 3.4.1 may not be the best version for your needs.  I had a lot
 of trouble with dialogs and duplex printing till the 3.6.x line.  I use
 4.0.4.2 on a Linux

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet

2013-07-18 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
Upgrading LO to 4.0.x sounds like a good plan, as does 
File - Export to Pdf 
and then print the Pdf through whatever you view Pdfs with.  

Errr i only had a go on 1 Macbook once and i wasn't able to fully explore it.  
it was quite a big deal for me as it's been about a decade since i last used a 
Mac.  I have seen quite a few people on these mailing lists deal with Mac 
issues and documentation is pretty good at providing a conversion table to deal 
with a couple of issues.  So i listen to other people and copypaste parts of 
their previous answers if it seems appropriate.  These lists are great for 
learning tons of useful stuff or just increasing understanding general 
understanding.  

As Tim said Mac is kinda a brother or sister of GnuLinux so advice based on 
one might help with the other but there are some odd differences between the 
platforms.  

The main problem seemed to be that because the drivers were built-in to OS X 
10.5 it's very difficult to get hold of a package that is just the driver or 
installer.  However, i think the op has found 3 drivers that are almost right 
but just not quite there.  Perhaps upgrading LO might help them.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  






 From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 5:03
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet
 


For now, as a big work around. . .
Do you have luck printing a PDF file to the HP 960?  If so, then just 
export to PDF and print that file.  That will work till we get the 
direct printing from LO issue fixed.  For the longest time, that was 
what I did to print a duplex document on the Epson printer.


Do you have the ability to use the OSX 10.5 driver?  Or the more generic 
10.1.5 to 10.4.x driver?

HP has those drivers on their web site for download.

I am not a Mac person, but since it is sort of a Linux-like OS
[do not tell me how it is not a Linux OS, since I am using a generic 
comparison]
then there must be a way to install this older driver and use it.

I know that for Linux and Windows, drivers for earlier version of the OS 
can work, most times, when there is no newer version for the newer OS.  
I have used 10.04 and 11.x drivers for my Ubuntu system when there has 
not been one made for my 12.04 version of the OS.  Actually I have done 
that with several packages.  So I am hoping that the 10.5.x driver would 
work on a 10.7 OSX, since there is none listed for 10.6 or 10.7.

Also, LO 3.4.1 may not be the best version for your needs.  I had a lot 
of trouble with dialogs and duplex printing till the 3.6.x line.  I use 
4.0.4.2 on a Linux system at this time.  So it is possible for you to 
download and install the 3.6.6 version or the 4.0.4 version for OSX and 
see if some of your dialog issues are fixed.

To get duplex working on all my duplexing printers [HP laser, Canon 
inkjet, and Epson inkjet] I had to check the use LO dialog option for 
the print dialogs.  That was listed as an option for Linux but did not 
show up for the Windows version.  So I would expect that the OSX version 
might have some different dialog options.  Before I found that Linux 
only option, no one could figure out how to get my Epson printer to 
duplex when my HP laser would.  Now I have a Canon inkjet and the check 
box option works with that duplexing printer as well.

I know that Tom is a Linux person, but he has access to Mac systems, so 
he may know some OSX specific option, but I have used 3 duplexing 
printer and I know what works for me.




On 07/16/2013 07:26 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
 Hi :)
 2 approaches to fix this, i've not thought about which should be number 1

 1.  To use the LO dialogues ...  When the printer dialogue-box pops-up note 
 there are 4 tabs at the top.  On the 1st tab you should see a list of all 
 the printers installed.  Select the Hp 960 but instead of printing click on 
 the Properties button.  It's just under the list.  The Properties pop-up 
 also has a couple of tabs.  The 1st should be Paper.  Duplex is about the 
 4h drop-down.  Long-edge for Portrait but Short-edge for landscape.  My boss 
 can never figure out that short-edge refers to the shortest edge of the 
 paper, or perhaps he is just being kind.

 2.  To change to normal dialogues ...
 LibreOffice - Preferences - General - Print dialogues - UNtick the 
 tick-box that says Use LO dialogues.

 Errr, are you sure that duplex is installed?  When you install the driver it 
 should ask you if you want duplex to be included.  It might do it 
 automatically.
 Regards from
 Tom :)





 
 From: Cliff Scott c...@intergate.com
 To: users@global.libreoffice.org
 Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 22:29
 Subject: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet


 Fellow LibreOffice users -

 I am running LO on a Mac, OSx 10.7.5 and the printer is a HP 960C Deskjet.
 There are no native OSx drivers

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet

2013-07-18 Thread Steve Edmonds

Hi.
I have LO 4.1 dev build on a macbook pro 10.6.8 (I think) and can print 
duplex to a Brother 2040D and an HP C410.


Steve
On 2013-07-19 05:37, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
Upgrading LO to 4.0.x sounds like a good plan, as does
File - Export to Pdf
and then print the Pdf through whatever you view Pdfs with.

Errr i only had a go on 1 Macbook once and i wasn't able to fully explore it.  it 
was quite a big deal for me as it's been about a decade since i last used a Mac.  I 
have seen quite a few people on these mailing lists deal with Mac issues and 
documentation is pretty good at providing a conversion table to deal with a couple 
of issues.  So i listen to other people and copypaste parts of their previous 
answers if it seems appropriate.  These lists are great for learning tons of useful 
stuff or just increasing understanding general understanding.

As Tim said Mac is kinda a brother or sister of GnuLinux so advice based on 
one might help with the other but there are some odd differences between the 
platforms.

The main problem seemed to be that because the drivers were built-in to OS X 
10.5 it's very difficult to get hold of a package that is just the driver or 
installer.  However, i think the op has found 3 drivers that are almost right 
but just not quite there.  Perhaps upgrading LO might help them.
Regards from
Tom :)







From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 5:03
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet



For now, as a big work around. . .
Do you have luck printing a PDF file to the HP 960?  If so, then just
export to PDF and print that file.  That will work till we get the
direct printing from LO issue fixed.  For the longest time, that was
what I did to print a duplex document on the Epson printer.


Do you have the ability to use the OSX 10.5 driver?  Or the more generic
10.1.5 to 10.4.x driver?

HP has those drivers on their web site for download.

I am not a Mac person, but since it is sort of a Linux-like OS
[do not tell me how it is not a Linux OS, since I am using a generic
comparison]
then there must be a way to install this older driver and use it.

I know that for Linux and Windows, drivers for earlier version of the OS
can work, most times, when there is no newer version for the newer OS.
I have used 10.04 and 11.x drivers for my Ubuntu system when there has
not been one made for my 12.04 version of the OS.  Actually I have done
that with several packages.  So I am hoping that the 10.5.x driver would
work on a 10.7 OSX, since there is none listed for 10.6 or 10.7.

Also, LO 3.4.1 may not be the best version for your needs.  I had a lot
of trouble with dialogs and duplex printing till the 3.6.x line.  I use
4.0.4.2 on a Linux system at this time.  So it is possible for you to
download and install the 3.6.6 version or the 4.0.4 version for OSX and
see if some of your dialog issues are fixed.

To get duplex working on all my duplexing printers [HP laser, Canon
inkjet, and Epson inkjet] I had to check the use LO dialog option for
the print dialogs.  That was listed as an option for Linux but did not
show up for the Windows version.  So I would expect that the OSX version
might have some different dialog options.  Before I found that Linux
only option, no one could figure out how to get my Epson printer to
duplex when my HP laser would.  Now I have a Canon inkjet and the check
box option works with that duplexing printer as well.

I know that Tom is a Linux person, but he has access to Mac systems, so
he may know some OSX specific option, but I have used 3 duplexing
printer and I know what works for me.




On 07/16/2013 07:26 PM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
2 approaches to fix this, i've not thought about which should be number 1

1.  To use the LO dialogues ...  When the printer dialogue-box pops-up note there are 4 tabs at the top.  On 
the 1st tab you should see a list of all the printers installed.  Select the Hp 960 but instead of printing 
click on the Properties button.  It's just under the list.  The Properties pop-up 
also has a couple of tabs.  The 1st should be Paper.  Duplex is about the 4h drop-down.  
Long-edge for Portrait but Short-edge for landscape.  My boss can never figure out that short-edge refers to 
the shortest edge of the paper, or perhaps he is just being kind.

2.  To change to normal dialogues ...
LibreOffice - Preferences - General - Print dialogues - UNtick the tick-box that says 
Use LO dialogues.

Errr, are you sure that duplex is installed?  When you install the driver it 
should ask you if you want duplex to be included.  It might do it automatically.
Regards from
Tom :)







From: Cliff Scott c...@intergate.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 22:29
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet


Fellow LibreOffice users -

I am running

Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet

2013-07-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
2 approaches to fix this, i've not thought about which should be number 1 

1.  To use the LO dialogues ...  When the printer dialogue-box pops-up note 
there are 4 tabs at the top.  On the 1st tab you should see a list of all the 
printers installed.  Select the Hp 960 but instead of printing click on the 
Properties button.  It's just under the list.  The Properties pop-up also 
has a couple of tabs.  The 1st should be Paper.  Duplex is about the 4h 
drop-down.  Long-edge for Portrait but Short-edge for landscape.  My boss can 
never figure out that short-edge refers to the shortest edge of the paper, or 
perhaps he is just being kind.  

2.  To change to normal dialogues ... 
LibreOffice - Preferences - General - Print dialogues - UNtick the tick-box 
that says Use LO dialogues.  

Errr, are you sure that duplex is installed?  When you install the driver it 
should ask you if you want duplex to be included.  It might do it 
automatically.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  






 From: Cliff Scott c...@intergate.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 22:29
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet
 

Fellow LibreOffice users - 

I am running LO on a Mac, OSx 10.7.5 and the printer is a HP 960C Deskjet.
There are no native OSx drivers for the 960C so I've loaded drivers from
Guten Print, Hpijs and also an HP 9800. All three work fine with every OSx
app including OpenOffice 3.4.1. In LO the print dialog does not use the
normal OSx dialog that every other app uses, but has its own. That dialog
does not allow me to select Dual sided printing or Print Quality other than
Draft, among other missing, but not so important settings. Is there any way
around this? Why does LO do its own thing and not use the normal dialogs? I
have to have OpenOffice installed just to print properly. Very wasteful of
time and resources. 

LO has fixed a number of things that are not fixed in OO so I'd much rather
use LO all the way, except for this one issue. 

Thanks for any help.

Cliff


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Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet

2013-07-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)
The Hp website says that no driver is needed for OS X 10.5.  That is the 
closest i could get to a 10.7
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=usdlc=endocname=c01234224lc=en

I had a look at a walk-through for the hplip driver and it didn't mention about 
duplexing so maybe i am just getting muddled with a windows installer for 
something else.  
Apols and regards from 
Tom :)  






 From: Cliff Scott c...@intergate.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 22:29
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet
 

Fellow LibreOffice users - 

I am running LO on a Mac, OSx 10.7.5 and the printer is a HP 960C Deskjet.
There are no native OSx drivers for the 960C so I've loaded drivers from
Guten Print, Hpijs and also an HP 9800. All three work fine with every OSx
app including OpenOffice 3.4.1. In LO the print dialog does not use the
normal OSx dialog that every other app uses, but has its own. That dialog
does not allow me to select Dual sided printing or Print Quality other than
Draft, among other missing, but not so important settings. Is there any way
around this? Why does LO do its own thing and not use the normal dialogs? I
have to have OpenOffice installed just to print properly. Very wasteful of
time and resources. 

LO has fixed a number of things that are not fixed in OO so I'd much rather
use LO all the way, except for this one issue. 

Thanks for any help.

Cliff

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Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet

2013-07-16 Thread Kracked_P_P---webmaster


For now, as a big work around. . .
Do you have luck printing a PDF file to the HP 960?  If so, then just 
export to PDF and print that file.  That will work till we get the 
direct printing from LO issue fixed.  For the longest time, that was 
what I did to print a duplex document on the Epson printer.



Do you have the ability to use the OSX 10.5 driver?  Or the more generic 
10.1.5 to 10.4.x driver?


HP has those drivers on their web site for download.

I am not a Mac person, but since it is sort of a Linux-like OS
[do not tell me how it is not a Linux OS, since I am using a generic 
comparison]

then there must be a way to install this older driver and use it.

I know that for Linux and Windows, drivers for earlier version of the OS 
can work, most times, when there is no newer version for the newer OS.  
I have used 10.04 and 11.x drivers for my Ubuntu system when there has 
not been one made for my 12.04 version of the OS.  Actually I have done 
that with several packages.  So I am hoping that the 10.5.x driver would 
work on a 10.7 OSX, since there is none listed for 10.6 or 10.7.


Also, LO 3.4.1 may not be the best version for your needs.  I had a lot 
of trouble with dialogs and duplex printing till the 3.6.x line.  I use 
4.0.4.2 on a Linux system at this time.  So it is possible for you to 
download and install the 3.6.6 version or the 4.0.4 version for OSX and 
see if some of your dialog issues are fixed.


To get duplex working on all my duplexing printers [HP laser, Canon 
inkjet, and Epson inkjet] I had to check the use LO dialog option for 
the print dialogs.  That was listed as an option for Linux but did not 
show up for the Windows version.  So I would expect that the OSX version 
might have some different dialog options.  Before I found that Linux 
only option, no one could figure out how to get my Epson printer to 
duplex when my HP laser would.  Now I have a Canon inkjet and the check 
box option works with that duplexing printer as well.


I know that Tom is a Linux person, but he has access to Mac systems, so 
he may know some OSX specific option, but I have used 3 duplexing 
printer and I know what works for me.





On 07/16/2013 07:26 PM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
2 approaches to fix this, i've not thought about which should be number 1

1.  To use the LO dialogues ...  When the printer dialogue-box pops-up note there are 4 tabs at the top.  On 
the 1st tab you should see a list of all the printers installed.  Select the Hp 960 but instead of printing 
click on the Properties button.  It's just under the list.  The Properties pop-up 
also has a couple of tabs.  The 1st should be Paper.  Duplex is about the 4h drop-down.  
Long-edge for Portrait but Short-edge for landscape.  My boss can never figure out that short-edge refers to 
the shortest edge of the paper, or perhaps he is just being kind.

2.  To change to normal dialogues ...
LibreOffice - Preferences - General - Print dialogues - UNtick the tick-box that says 
Use LO dialogues.

Errr, are you sure that duplex is installed?  When you install the driver it 
should ask you if you want duplex to be included.  It might do it automatically.
Regards from
Tom :)







From: Cliff Scott c...@intergate.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 22:29
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Printing with HP 960C Deskjet


Fellow LibreOffice users -

I am running LO on a Mac, OSx 10.7.5 and the printer is a HP 960C Deskjet.
There are no native OSx drivers for the 960C so I've loaded drivers from
Guten Print, Hpijs and also an HP 9800. All three work fine with every OSx
app including OpenOffice 3.4.1. In LO the print dialog does not use the
normal OSx dialog that every other app uses, but has its own. That dialog
does not allow me to select Dual sided printing or Print Quality other than
Draft, among other missing, but not so important settings. Is there any way
around this? Why does LO do its own thing and not use the normal dialogs? I
have to have OpenOffice installed just to print properly. Very wasteful of
time and resources.

LO has fixed a number of things that are not fixed in OO so I'd much rather
use LO all the way, except for this one issue.

Thanks for any help.

Cliff





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