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Description of problem: For Postscript Printers (from CUPS), the default Printer Language Type is set to PDF instead of Postscript. This produces garbeled printer output. Setting Language to "Postscript (Level from Driver)" works, but the Printer Language will get reverted to PDF. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libreoffice 3.4.4.2-6.fc16 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Document, select "File -> Print ...", select your Printer, click "Properties ...", select Tab "Device", Printer Language Type is set to "PDF" 2. Change Printer Language Type to "Postscript (Level from Driver)", Print. Document. 3. Close Document (without saving) and re-open Document, Check Printer Language. Actual results: Printer Language is set to PDF again. Expected results: Printer Language is set to Postscript. Additional info: The Printer Language only sticks to Postscript if you change the Language Type, then print and save the Document afterwards. But it's reverted to PDF if you either choose another Printer or open another Document.
This bug has lingered a bit because I'm lacking the details of the problem with the default pdf ? Does the printer print the raw pdf file or some horribly bad rendering of the document ?
second one: bad rendering, as the printer is not capable of printing raw pdf.
can we get the what printer driver is being used, i.e. system-config-printer and paste in the "make and model" entry
Printer is a HP LJ 4300 from system-config-printer: Device URI: ipp://server-xx.xxxxx:631/printers/rose Make and Model: HP LaserJet 4300 PS on server-xx.xxxxx
caolanm->twaugh: anything here ring any bells for you. My understanding is that using pdf as the default print job format is the current "right thing to do" for an app.
The best thing is for applications to generate PDF when printing. CUPS will convert PDF to PostScript in order to process it and send it to the printer. In a future release, CUPS will process PDF as necessary and send it directly to printers that are capable of understanding it. Of course, for other printers it will still convert to whichever format they need. If sending a print job to CUPS in PDF gives bad rendering, but sending it in PostScript is fine, the problem could be either (a) the application's generated PDF, or (b) the CUPS filter chain, in particular the filter converting PDF to PostScript. For this model, the recommended printer driver is "HP LaserJet 4300 Series Postscript". In this situation, it looks like the CUPS filter chain is running on "server-xx.xxxxx". Is that running some version of Fedora?
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