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

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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