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

On 01/25/2012 01:56 PM, Don C. Myers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is more information about this issue:
> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=94173
>
> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/15938/libre-office-change-printer-language-type-from-pdf-to-postscript
>
>
> http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=pfwl&cp=25&gs_id=2q&xhr=t&q=cups+printer+language+pdf&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&pbx=1&oq=cups+printer+language+pdf&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=ed6966981cf4427a&biw=1680&bih=942
>
>
> Don
I'm using LibreOffice 3.4.4 from the Mageia 1 repositories with KDE, 
trying to print to a Deskjet 5650 printer, and I'm having problems with 
this, too. My problem is related to that experienced by the Arch user in 
your second link, in that landscape -oriented spreadsheets from Calc 
aren't printing properly - to say the least. Mine prints fine until it 
gets to the 8.5 inch mark, then it prints a truncated version of the 
last column over and over until the edge of the paper. Print Preview 
looks fine, and while I haven't tried it yet I suspect printing to a pdf 
file would work, too.

Changing the printer language to Postscript fixes it. I haven't noticed 
the problem with other applications yet, but then I don't print much as 
a regular rule, just this time of year.

I didn't have the problem last year, when I was using Mandriva 2010.2 
and OpenOffice.

I can try to remember to change the printer language on every document I 
make in the future, but like Mr. Jordan I think it's a pain in the butt 
to remember to change it if I go to print old documents. I tried running 
spadmin as root to change the default, but for some reason Mageia 
wouldn't do it. Probably just as well, as I'm very much out of my 
element when it comes to command line noodling.

It shouldn't have to be that way, anyway. There should be an easy way to 
make Postscript the default, if you want.

TJ



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