Public bug reported:
In the print dialog, if "Number of Copies" is set to 50 then 50
separate, independent print jobs are spooled. It should submit a single
print job, specifying 50 copies. This will allow the printer to do the
replication if it can (all Postscript printers can).
This is important because:
1) Submitting a separate jobs for each copy causes the page(s) to be rendered
again and again,
with a drastic reduction in through-put.
This is CRUCIAL if the pages contain complex graphics or images which take
a long time to render
or transmit to the printer: A one-minute delay for the first of 50
copies is okay, but 1 minute for
*each* of 50 copies is intolerable.
2) If the print job was a mistake, it is virtually impossible to stop the
printer. Pressing the cancel
button on the printer cancels just one copy, but after a little while the
next one starts printing...
3) It is very inconvenient to cancel the job in CUPS, with 50 separate jobs,
without affecting other
unrelated jobs in the queue (you can cancel all jobs in the queue at
once, or one at a time).
Note that CUPS has always supported a "number of copies" option at the
command-line level.
For example
lpr '-#50' file.pdf
prints 50 copies of the file, rendering it once only.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: libreoffice-writer 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-22.36-generic 3.0.33
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 17 11:49:58 2012
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric
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Title:
Printing multiple copies submits multiple separate jobs (should submit
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