On Monday 23 January 2012 17:22:06 John Jason Jordan wrote: > <Twice I tried to send this to the new list, and both times it bounced. > I give up on the new list.> > > Libreoffice 3.4.4 on Fedora 16, x86_64. > Printer: Laserjet 4M+ (Postscript Level 2) > > I used OOo for many years and never had this problem until I switched > to Libreoffice. > > Whenever I print to this printer I must remember to go into Properties> > Options > Device and change the print type from PDF to Postscript. If > I do not the text will fail to be kerned according to the font metrics; > that is, a proportional font will be spaced as though it was a > monospace font. > > All other applications print fine. There is no setting for this in the > driver, which uses a PPD file. > > I looked everywhere for a setting to set it to use Postscript as the > default, but I can't find it. > > It is extra work to have to change this setting all the time. And > usually I forget to change the setting and have to print the page again > after I realize that I forgot. This is very annoying, and it wastes > paper, toner and electricity. > > I really hope someone can tell me how to change the default behavior, > else I will have to remove Libreoffice and reinstall OOo.
You need to open a new blank document and go File > Printer settings... > Properties > Device and select the desired Postscript settings click OK twice to save and clear the dialogs Go to File > Templates > Save... > give your template a name and click OK to save Now you can use File > New > Templates and Documents > to select your new template to create a document Alternatively, if as you suggest, you require this template to be default then go to File > Templates > Organise... > select your template click the Commands drop down list and select "Set As Default Template" -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For additional commands send email to [email protected] with Subject: help
