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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:08:16 -0500
"Don C. Myers" <donmyers@myersfarm.com> dijo:

Hi,

I have been following this thread, and quite honestly, I have never
seen this issue. I've been using LibreOffice since the first 3.3.x
version, through all of the updates to presently 3.4.5. I have it on
at least 9 machines. All of the machines have been upgraded through
Ubuntu 10.10. 11.04, and presently 11.10. I always run the version
directly downloaded from LibreOffice, and not the repository version
from Ubuntu. In all versions of LibreOffice on all versions of Ubuntu
listed above. when I click print, the default printer for the system
is always selected. None of these machines are networked together.
They are in 5 different physical locations. On the main tool bar in
LibreOffice, I always replace the Print File Directly icon with the
Print File icon. That is just my preference. When I click the Print
icon, whatever printer is the default on that particular system always
shows as the default printer that LibreOffice will print to. In Ubuntu
11.04 and 11.10 I am using the Unity desktop. The only thing I can
think of is there is some sort of a conflict between Fedora 16 and
LibreOffice that is preventing the default printer for your system
from being the default for LibreOffice.

Don

On 01/24/2012 12:30 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:05:19 -0500
webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<webmaster@krackedpress.com>
dijo:

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.

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?
Exporting to PDF and then printing with Okular, Evince, Adobe Reader,
or other PDF viewers works fine. But that is more work than just
clicking the Print button, or even wading through the Print dialog
box tabs and menus to change the default behavior.

The problem is that there is a new "PDF" setting in the print dialog
box. It used to be on OOo that the default was to use whatever print
options were set according to the driver you selected in CUPS
(Postscript, Gutenprint, PCL, etc.). Now you have to go into General
tab>  Properties>  Device>  tab>  Printer language type>  where it
gives you the options:

*PDF
Postscript - level from driver
Postscript - level 1
Postscript - level 2
Postscript - level 3

And it is set to PDF by default. And the PDF option is broken - it
does not use the font metrics built into the font, so characters
print as though the font were a monospaced font. A word like "limit"
comes out looking a bit like "l i mi t" (except that the second i is
actually smashed into the m). Otherwise the printing is fine. And it
uses the font metrics correctly if I manually select Postscript -
level from driver, or Postscript level 1 or 2. It's just that the
option is buried several clicks deep in the Print dialog box and I
keep forgetting to change it from the default "PDF." Also, it does
this with all fonts.

I don't know why there is a "PDF" option in the Device tab, because
only a handful of very expensive late model high end printers
actually have the new Adobe PDF print engine built in. I'm talking
printers costing $5,000 and up.

If I write the document with Abiword, Kword, or any other word
processor, it prints fine just by clicking the Print button.

I wish I could post screen shots of the Device tab in the Print
dialog box so you could see exactly what I am talking about. Even
better would be if I could add screen shots of the Print dialog box
from OOo where this problem did not exist. But OOo is not currently
installed on my computer, having switched to Libreoffice after
upgrading from Fedora 14 to Fedora 16.

I just need to find a setting to change the default from "PDF" to
"Postscript - level from driver" or "Postscript - level 2." It would
be OK if Libreoffice would just remember the setting from last time I
printed, but with each new document it has to be set again. If it's
hard coded I'm probably going to have to uninstall Libreoffice and go
back to OOo because I'm tired of wasting time, paper and toner every
time I forget to change it.

I guess I still haven't made it clear. 

Libreoffice DOES automatically select the printer which is set as the
default in CUPS, which is a Laserjet 4M+. That is not the problem.

The incorrect default setting is deep in the Print dialog box, not in
the first window that opens when you select File > Print or do Ctrl-p.
To see what I am talking about open the Print dialog box, which
will open displaying the General tab, then click on the Properties buton
(for the printer). This will open a child window with the default tab
"Paper" selected. Click on the "Device" tab, and then on the "Printer
language tab" button. That is where I see it set to PDF by default. I
have to change it to one of the Postscript options to get correct
printing. 

Sorry for the confusion. :(

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