Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: colour printing bug in Writer?

On 2013-05-14 13:15, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
> Steve Edmonds wrote:
> > On 2013-05-13 17:09, Marc Paré wrote:
> > > Le 11/05/13 04:17 PM, Steve Edmonds a écrit :
> > > > On 2013-05-12 07:18, Marc Paré wrote:
> > > > > Le 05/05/13 07:04 PM, Steve Edmonds a écrit :
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Do you see controls for Landscape? What does it do if you choose it
> > > > > > It is some dicky issue with the Brother driver and LO on Linux. I 
> > > > > > have
> > > > > > seen some discussion and it is just as easy to print to PDF and 
> > > > > > print
> > > > > > that.
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually, I also have a Brother printer and the same fix is to choose
> > > > > the correct device drive with through LibreOffice.
> > > > >
> > > > > Print->Properties->Device and choose PostScript Level 3. This fixes
> > > > > the problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Marc
> > > > Thanks. It does too. But I can't set this permanently. The settings in
> > > > spadmin won't stick.
> > > > Steve
> > >
> > > Yes, Tim and I are not sure if this is a problem with LibreOffice or 
> > > with our systems. The device sticks until you exit out of 
> > > LibreOffice. If you open LibreOffice again, you have to change the 
> > > device again. I wonder if anyone else has this problem where the 
> > > device defaults to the wrong one and you have to manually change it 
> > > each time you open a fresh version of LibreOffice.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Marc
> > Hi. It's a widely discussed issue for some time.
> > Steve
> I don't know what OS is being used here, but if Linux, then CUPS 
> allows a default printer to be selected.  When selected in CUPS, this 
> printer should be the default printer that is highlighted in the LO 
> print dialog.  Optionally, printer and printer settings can be changed 
> on a per-document basis by using the File -> Printer Settings option 
> in LO.  Once that is set and the document saved, all subsequent 
> loading of that document should have the same printer settings as when 
> last saved.  Oh, one must also select Tools -> Options -> Load Save -> 
> General and select "Load printer settings with the document" to enable 
> this behavior.  One downside of this is if the document is sent to 
> someone else, it will still try to print on the now-nonexistent 
> printer, or the wrong printer if still on the same LAN.  In that case, 
> the settings could be changed or use Ctrl-P to bring up the print 
> dialog and change the printer/settings.  I use this feature for 
> printing envelopes repeatedly, which require different printer 
> settings than documents.  Works for me.
>
> If the save icon is grayed out when you try to save the document 
> printer settings, just add and delete something anywhere in the 
> document and it should be enabled again.
> Hope this helps.
> Girvin Herr
Thanks, I set the printer as postscript instead of PDF in my default 
template and all is good for new documents.
Steve


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