Public bug reported: Please backport Qt patch 213391 to qtbase-opensource-src in Bionic: https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/213391/
[Impact] On Kubuntu 18.04 (bionic), any applications using Qt5 are unable to fully configure printers from within the "Print..." dialog because the "Advanced" tab is no longer present. Settings shown here will differ by printer, but this includes important settings such as paper type (plain, glossy, photo, etc.), print resolution, and ink usage strategies. Gwenview and Okular are notable affected applications. GTK applications are unaffected and do show the advanced options provided by the printer driver. As a workaround for Qt5 applications, the printer *default* advanced settings can be successfully accessed and changed from within the "Printers" section of Plasma's "System Settings", but this is cumbersome, unintuitive, and is not the intended way of interacting with these settings on a per-print-job basis. [Additional Information] This was identified as a bug in Qt5 upstream: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-54464 The bug was fixed upstream in Qt 5.11, but Bionic is stable on Qt 5.9. I'd like to request that this patch be backported to Bionic, please. [Regression Potential] OpenSUSE has already backported this patch to their Qt 5.9 stable branch, so there is precedent for this patch being low risk: https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/KDE:Qt:5.9/libqt5-qtbase/0010-Reintroduce-the-Advanced-tab-in-the-QPrintProperties.patch?expand=1 Software Versions: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic $ apt-cache policy libqt5printsupport5 libqt5printsupport5: Installed: 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.4 Candidate: 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.4 Version table: *** 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.4 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.1 500 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages ** Affects: qtbase-opensource-src (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1858141 Title: "Advanced" tab is missing from Print dialog in Qt5 applications To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtbase-opensource-src/+bug/1858141/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
