On Tuesday 25 April 2006 17:36, Stephen Bosch wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 18:32 -0600, Stephen Bosch wrote: > >>My printer is an HP Laserjet 5 MP. > >> > >>It will automatically select the feed slot if the application printing > >>does not specify it, depending on where it finds paper. > >> > >>For example, if there is no tray selected and there is paper in the > >>manual feed tray, it will print from that tray, even if there is also > >>paper in the main feed tray. > >> > >>Since upgrading to OpenOffice.org 2.0, I have the following problem: > >> > >>My documents default to "Manual Feed Tray". The printer won't print > >>unless there is paper in this tray. > >> > >>I have to set every document to "<ignore>" in the printer properties. > >>Once I have done this once and saved the document, it remains that way > >>for the document every time I open it. > >> > >>For new documents, however, it is always set to "Manual Feed (Tray 1)". > >> > >>I have changed the settings in the Printer Administration tool, but they > >>do not stick. When I go back in, the tray is back to "Manual Feed (Tray > >> 1)". > >> > >>If I try to change the settings in the printer options while editing the > >>default Writer template, I cannot save the template because it does not > >>register that any changes have been made. If I make a change (by typing > >>a character, for instance) and then saving, the change to the printer > >>settings does not stick.
[I don't have your printer so this may not be relevant.] What did you do to "edit the default Writer template"? I have had no problems with printer defaults when I eventually worked out that I could create a new template with everything set as required, and then make the new template the default. The installation default templates are owned by root, so a user cannot write to them. > >> > >>Does anyone have a solution, or should I file a bug? > > > > Perhaps http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=55499 is what > > you mean. > > No -- this is not the same problem. My printer properties are sticking > when saved in the document. > > The issue is with new documents. There is no way to change my print tray > settings so that they apply to every new document as well. New > documents, unless told otherwise, always print to Tray 1, whether or not > I have changed the settings in the Printer Administration Tool prior to > starting OpenOffice.org 2.0.2. > > Again -- if explicitly set to <ignore> in the tray settings while > editing any particular document, the setting takes effect and the > printer prints preferentially from trays containing paper, in the order > Manual Feed (Tray 1) then Automatic Feed (Tray 2). Once that document is > saved with those new printer settings, it will always print this way. > > New documents, however, default to Manual Feed (Tray 1), and it is not > possible to fix the setting in the Printer Administration Tool *or* the > document template. > > -Stephen- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andy Pepperdine On this mailing list help is provided by volunteers. Please subscribe to the mailing list to see all the replies to a query, and reply only to the mailing list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For FAQ, userguide, see: http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
