Have you compiled Libreoffice yourself?
My comments below On Wednesday 09 Apr 2014 14:31:32 CVAlkan wrote: > I'm using the following: > 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS > LibreOffice Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: > be4035d00f37c492494fa7860955b6d0868c7f77 > (This is required because of some bugs in 4.2 and below that affect me) > HP OfficeJet 6700 (w/Dual sided printing set as default) > CUPS 1.5.3 > HP-LIP 3.14.4 > > When printing a single page in LibreOffice apps, using the Operating System > printing dialogs, the following is true: Do you mean external of LibreOffice, i.e from the Ubuntu File Manager? > > a) I'm unable to select "current page" on the General tab, but must enter a > specific page number under "Pages." > b) I am able to select "one-sided" on the Layout tab. (Proper behavior) > c) I've tested this in Writer, Draw and Impress. The labelling is somewhat > inconsistent, but they all act the same. I didn't attempt to use Calc just > because I got tired of experimenting. > d) Even so, once the single page is printed, the paper is "sucked back in" > and fed through a second time. Nothing prints of course, but this is > actually a potentially serious problem under some conditions which I'll > explain momentarily. > e) Of importance, I think, is the fact that the left margin (on a landscape > page - obviously this would be the top margin on a portrait page) is larger > than it would typically be for a single sided page. Many printers I've had, > including the current HP-6700 need to "reserve" some space (I guess to grab > the paper) when printing double-sided. This belief by the printer that it is > *supposed* to be printing in double sided mode might help to narrow down > where the difficulty is. > > When printing a single page in LibreOffice apps, using the LibreOffice > printing dialogs, the following is true: Are you using the Libreoffice dialogs or your systems? See in Libreoffice Tools -> Options -> Libreoffice -> General > a) I AM able to select "current page" and, in fact, the current page (or > slide) number is entered in the box for me. (Proper behavior) > b) The Properties tab seems to "hang" while loading (mostly just the outline > of the new sub-dialog box is displayed), although I've found that if you > click the mouse somewhere on the header, it immediately appears completely. Hmm, this behavour has been seen on the "Format Cells" dialog but then only whene compiled with the --enable-kde4 switch. I can't repeat it. > c) Attempting to select "off" under the Duplex options (i.e. single sided) > causes blinking and flashing that's hard to describe, but I've very rarely > been able to select "off" using the mouse as the cursor/highlight just keeps > bouncing around. If, however, I just use the arrow keys, everything works. > Luckily I'm old enough to remember what the keyboard is for. I can't repeat this. > d) When the single page is printed, the printer does not attempt to suck the > paper back in. (Proper behavior) > e) On identical pages, using the LibreOffice dialogs permits the entire > content to be printed without cutting off the left edge of the landscape > pages. (Proper behavior) > > The reason this is more important than the extra three second or so return > trip through the paper flipper is that Hewlett-Packard (and other printer > manufacturers) do not recommend using double sided printing when using stock > above a certain thickness (e.g. card stock) because doing so raises the > likelihood of jamming the mechanism. With a default setting of double sided > (and why else would I have purchased a double sided printer?), when I need > to print on card stock, the chances of forgetting to set one-sided would be > my fault, but if I set it and the driver ignores that setting, that (I > believe) is a bug. > > It would seem that simply using only the LibreOffice dialogs would be a > reasonable work-around, the flashing and needing to move between the mouse > and keyboard unneccesarily is just trading one annoyance for another. > > To be fair, this problem might appear as if it could be caused by Ubuntu, > CUPS, HP-LIP, or LibreOffice, but I believe I've narrowed it down to > LibreOffice simply because I don't experience these problems when printing > from several other applications I regularly use. But I acknowledge that it > might be caused by some weird interactions among the aforementioned > applications. > > So, should this be reported as a bug? Has anyone else noticed this behavior? > And if it seems like a bug, how do I report it? > > Any comments or suggestions would be welcome. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Possible-LibreOffice-Duplex-Printing-Bug-tp4104713.html > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
