Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer always selects "PDF" instead of Postscript

I am sorry you are not getting any help.  I wonder it it is an isolated 
issue for Fedora 16.  If people have not see this happen before, it is 
hard to figure out what is causing it.

I have never had any issue with Ubuntu 10.04 and HP Color Laserjet 
2600n.  It has been a few years since I has a Laser 4 with postscript, 
but there has to be others out there that use Fedora/Red Hat and your 
printer model.

I cannot get LO to do the duplexing on my Epson printer.  I end up 
printing the file out to a PDF file, then print it out with the default 
PDF viewer and it will work with the duplexing.

So is there any issues with printing/exporting the file to PDF then 
printing it out to your printer?   Do your file require Postscript 
printing instead of HP default printer language?


On 01/24/2012 12:44 AM, 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.>
> <OK, old list now working either. Trying a third "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.


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