[libreoffice-users] Re: Printing

I appear to be having a similar problem in Writer.

Behavior is similar but not precisely what is described here:
~ It is my guess that it is related to this issue:
~ https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32573
~ also see comment 9 there:
~ https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32573#c9

I am running:
* Libreoffice - OOO340m1 (Build:203) and was having the same problem with
the newer Openoffice versions (ca 3.1 +)  but now with earlier versions
before the print/page layout dialog was changed. (Aside from this problem,
these design changes are fantastic, by the way!)
* Windows XP
* HP 1350v Printer
* The problem does not arise when printing from any other software, so I am
certain it is not a problem with the driver or system software.

If it helps: My Windows system default  printer settings for the HP printer
are:  letter size, portrait orientation, 'fast normal' print quality.

Sorry if I'm too wordy here:

1. The Print dialog and the Properties dialog usually take an extremely long
time to appear: as much as 1 minute.

2. In LO the system printer property settings for my printer will change in
unexpected and undesirable ways when I change the size, quality or
orientation in the Print dialog or in the HP Properties dialog.  This shows
up in different ways, depending on the changes I make.

Eg:  I often want to print a 5.5" x 8.5" document in a horizontal layout - 2
pages per sheet on Letter paper. In the Print dialog I select the 'Page
Layout' tab then '2' pages per sheet. The preview updates to reflect the
change and all seems fine.  But...
          *  If I Print now, the document will not print rotated on a
landscape, letter-sized sheet,  I will get the two pages reduced in size and
printed across the portrait width of the paper.
          * If I instead select the Properties button, it will show that my
paper size has been changed to A5 and the print quality is then changed to
"Normal" instead of "Fast Normal" (my system default) . I can correct these
values  manually, but I find I must make the changes in a very specific
sequence or they won't 'stick:" For best results - first set the HP printer
to "Landscape, then change the paper size to 'Letter," then set the quality
to "Fast Normal."  Then I can close the Properties dialog and it will print
the way I wanted.
          * I need to repeat these steps every time I open the Print dialog
to print this same document. After printing, or if I close the Print dialog,
none of my changed settings are retained, and none of them are saved with my
document.



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