On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:37:41 -0500 "Fred A. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Keith Bates wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:31:40 -0500 > > "Fred A. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Keith Bates wrote: > >> > >>>Using OOo 2.1, linux, Debian testing, Gnome. > >>> > >>>I have this printing weirdness happening that has just started. As > >>>I changed to OOo 2.1 at about the same time as getting a new > >>>printer, it might be printer related, but I don't think so as it > >>>happens on other printers also. > >>> > >>>On the document at the web location below as soon as I tell it to > >>>print the document is distorted. It appears fine in normal viewing > >>>mode, but telling OOo to print makes it go weirs with frames going > >>>to one character per line and a 2 page document becoming three. The > >>>only way I've found to print it the way it looks is to export it to > >>>pdf first. > >>> > >>>Here is the original document www.new-life.org.au/Newsheet.odt > >>> > >>>Here is the version after I click on "Print" > >>>www.new-life.org.au/Weird_Newsheet.odt > >>> > >>>Any ideas about the cause will be gratefully received. > >> > >>Assuming you're using KDE, define a new printer as kprinter. The > >>command line entry is simply: kprinter > >> > >>This has been my default printer for sometime, as OO doesn't seem to > >>be able to simply use a system defined printer in Linux like it does > >>'Bloze. :( > >> > >> > > > > Fred, > > > > I'm using Gnome although I have KDE installed > > > > I have no trouble with most other documents I produce- it's just > > these newsheets which are admittedly fairly complex. The point is > > though that the changes are being made in OOo for reasons I don't > > understand. > > Unfortunately, I don't either. :( However, off and on I've had some > strange behavior from OO and the way I fixed it, was to use kprinter. > I think Gnome has something like kprinter, no? > > Fred Well I finally "fixed" the problem. I changed the printer driver in CUPS only to have the printer go feral on me-- after I went away for a while it started printing just a few lines per page.... over and over. I got to it at about page 50. Eventually I turned the printer off then back on. Then I did the terrible Windows thing... I *shudder* rebooted. Crude but effective. I was too stressed to think about how to stop and start CUPS So now I have the original printer set up working fine, and happily printing the document it messed up before. Thanks Fred for pointing me in the right direction -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
