Re: [libreoffice-users] Printing options.

On 2014-11-30 08:22, Mark Bourne wrote:
> Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > On 2014-11-26 13:56, Doug wrote:
> > > On 11/25/2014 07:25 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > > > Hi.
> > > > In File> Printer Settings, under options is the device printer
> > > > language setting (PDF/Postscript).
> > > >
> > > > Is this a Libreoffice configuration or a system configuration. I ask
> > > > because some documents print fine with postscript but not with PDF.
> > > > If it is a LO function I will file a bug.
> > > > Thanks, steve
> > > Unless I misunderstand the question, Postscript will be a _printer_
> > > setting. HP printers understand Postscript, maybe some others do.
> > > So if your printer understands Postscript, you can use that setting in
> > > your operating system to communicate with the printer, and
> > > everything you send, including the output of LO, your PDF reader,
> > > whatever it may be, and any other file you send to the printer
> > > will be encoded in Postscript by the operating system and delivered as
> > > such to your printer.
> > >
> > > --doug
> > Thanks. I am printing to a printer not a file. If I select postscript in
> > this printer dialogue setting, printing is correct. If I select PDF
> > printing is not correct.
> > I can't include a screen shot to show you the dialogue. Oops, just
> > notice it is File>Print>Properties>device or File>Printer
> > settings>Properties>device.
> > There I have Printer Language Type. If this setting changes the way LO
> > outputs to the printer, then there is a bug in LO.
> > Steve
>
> I think the dialog invoked by File > Print > Properties is the printer 
> driver specific options for the selected printer, so more related to 
> the printer/driver/OS. If one option works and not the other, why not 
> just use the one that works? That may be the reason for there being an 
> option.
Thanks, if it was a Libreoffice setting then there is a bug in 
Libreoffice printer output.
Steve
> On Windows, default printer settings can be set from Control Panel > 
> Printers. Right-click the required printer and select "Printing 
> Preferences" set options as required and click OK. This dialog will 
> probably look similar to the one from File > Print > Properties in LO, 
> but sets the defaults rather than one-off settings. Exact naming of 
> menus may be different on different versions of Windows.
>
> Mark.


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