Version: desconocido (using KDE 3.4.2, Debian Package 4:3.4.2-4 (testing/unstable)) Compiler: Target: i486-linux-gnu OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.14 I want to print a document or html with two pages per sheet. I open print dialog, press on "Properties" and select 2 in "Pages per Sheet". I select "Preview" and press "Print" so Kghostview appears but only shows one page per sheet (incorrect). Anyway if I print the document there appear two pages per sheet, but it's extrange to preview the job in a different way. Now I do exactly the same, but choose "Print to file (pdf)" instead of the printer. When I press "Print", Kghostview shows two pages per side, exactly like the generated PDF file after I press "Print". Why I can preview two pages per side when choosing to print to PDF but not when chossing to print in the printer?
This (inconsistent) behavior is due to the internal handling of the n-up specification. When, using CUPS and a real printer, this option can be handled by the CUPS server. So the print data are sent to the server without processing the 2-up option and the preview (== print data *before* being sent to the server) shows you 1 page per sheet. In the case of "Print to PDF", it's not a real CUPS printer, but a kdeprint-specific trick. In that case, the 2-up option is processed by kdeprint itself. So you can directly see the result with 2 pages per sheet. This bug is probably a duplicated one: I'm sure such a bug report already exists in the DB.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 59718 ***
Closing old Resolved status bug.