Re: [libreoffice-users] Possible LibreOffice Duplex Printing Bug

Hi :)
Ahh, you have tried other apps, of course!  So, just post a bug-report.  :)
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugReport
It's a good idea to let them know all 3 digits of the version of LO
(possibly 3.5.7?) and whether you downloaded it from the LO website or got
it from the Ubuntu repos (or ppa).

The behaviour you describe is very weird, especially from an Hp Printer.
 Drivers for many types of printers are very weird and in Gnu&Linux tend to
be non-existent or horribly broken.  Traditionally Hp and Cannon have been
about the only 2 to produce decent drivers.  Hp printers also seem to be
built to be solid, reliable work-horses that last for years and years.  I
doubt Hplip is at fault.

So, i think i would
1.  Radically bump up the "Memory" settings
Tools - Options - Memory   (presumably you have over 1Gb Ram, right?)
2.  Try a fresh new document with just a couple of words on the page to
make sure no weird formatting is lurking in the document and just test c)
and d)
3.  test out renaming your LibreOffice's User Profile
4.  Consider trying a different version of LibreOffice

If it turned out to be any of those then i'd just close the bug-report
really fast and close threads here or in Ask LO or where-ever else i'd
asked and let them/us know how you solved it.


Note that one of the advantages of having a choice is that if the 1st
choice doesn't work you can always try the other!  It is rare for either to
have any trouble at all.  So the one in the repos is good but in the rare
cases it misbehaves it's worth trying to download the one from the LO
website.  Similarly the other way around too.  If the one from the website
is doing weird things then try the one in the repos!  I would definitely
post a bug-report before trying this in order to be more efficient.  If
this did solve it then it would be good to have a log of it in the
bug-tracker.
Regards from
Tom :)








On 10 April 2014 05:39, Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com> wrote:

> HI :)
> I think just report it as a bug.
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugReport
> Would it be easy to layout the 2 lists as a single table to make it easier
> to compare the 2 different types of dialogues?
>
> From a very brief and incomplete scan of your post it looks like the OS
> dialogues are not working properly and so other programs might suffer the
> same problems there.  Is there another app you can print a few words from?
>  Perhaps a text-editor so you know how many pages are in the document and
> also know it's free of strange codes?
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9 April 2014 22:31, CVAlkan <foberle@enteract.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm using the following:
> > 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
> > LibreOffice Version: 4.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID:
> > be4035d00f37c492494fa7860955b6d0868c7f77
> >   (This is required because of some bugs in 4.2 and below that affect me)
> > HP OfficeJet 6700 (w/Dual sided printing set as default)
> > CUPS 1.5.3
> > HP-LIP 3.14.4
> >
> > When printing a single page in LibreOffice apps, using the Operating
> > System
> > printing dialogs, the following is true:
> >
> > a) I'm unable to select "current page" on the General tab, but must enter
> > a
> > specific page number under "Pages."
> > b) I am able to select "one-sided" on the Layout tab. (Proper behavior)
> > c) I've tested this in Writer, Draw and Impress. The labelling is somewhat
> > inconsistent, but they all act the same. I didn't attempt to use Calc just
> > because I got tired of experimenting.
> > d) Even so, once the single page is printed, the paper is "sucked back in"
> > and fed through a second time. Nothing prints of course, but this is
> > actually a potentially serious problem under some conditions which I'll
> > explain momentarily.
> > e) Of importance, I think, is the fact that the left margin (on a
> > landscape
> > page - obviously this would be the top margin on a portrait page) is
> > larger
> > than it would typically be for a single sided page. Many printers I've
> > had,
> > including the current HP-6700 need to "reserve" some space (I guess to
> > grab
> > the paper) when printing double-sided. This belief by the printer that it
> > is
> > *supposed* to be printing in double sided mode might help to narrow down
> > where the difficulty is.
> >
> > When printing a single page in LibreOffice apps, using the LibreOffice
> > printing dialogs, the following is true:
> > a) I AM able to select "current page" and, in fact, the current page (or
> > slide) number is entered in the box for me. (Proper behavior)
> > b) The Properties tab seems to "hang" while loading (mostly just the
> > outline
> > of the new sub-dialog box is displayed), although I've found that if you
> > click the mouse somewhere on the header, it immediately appears
> > completely.
> > c) Attempting to select "off" under the Duplex options (i.e. single sided)
> > causes blinking and flashing that's hard to describe, but I've very rarely
> > been able to select "off" using the mouse as the cursor/highlight just
> > keeps
> > bouncing around. If, however, I just use the arrow keys, everything works.
> > Luckily I'm old enough to remember what the keyboard is for.
> > d) When the single page is printed, the printer does not attempt to suck
> > the
> > paper back in. (Proper behavior)
> > e) On identical pages, using the LibreOffice dialogs permits the entire
> > content to be printed without cutting off the left edge of the landscape
> > pages. (Proper behavior)
> >
> > The reason this is more important than the extra three second or so return
> > trip through the paper flipper is that Hewlett-Packard (and other printer
> > manufacturers) do not recommend using double sided printing when using
> > stock
> > above a certain thickness (e.g. card stock) because doing so raises the
> > likelihood of jamming the mechanism. With a default setting of double
> > sided
> > (and why else would I have purchased a double sided printer?), when I need
> > to print on card stock, the chances of forgetting to set one-sided would
> > be
> > my fault, but if I set it and the driver ignores that setting, that (I
> > believe) is a bug.
> >
> > It would seem that simply using only the LibreOffice dialogs would be a
> > reasonable work-around, the flashing and needing to move between the mouse
> > and keyboard unneccesarily is just trading one annoyance for another.
> >
> > To be fair, this problem might appear as if it could be caused by Ubuntu,
> > CUPS, HP-LIP, or LibreOffice, but I believe I've narrowed it down to
> > LibreOffice simply because I don't experience these problems when printing
> > from several other applications I regularly use. But I acknowledge that it
> > might be caused by some weird interactions among the aforementioned
> > applications.
> >
> > So, should this be reported as a bug? Has anyone else noticed this
> > behavior?
> > And if it seems like a bug, how do I report it?
> >
> > Any comments or suggestions would be welcome.
> >
> >
> >
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