Bug 164363

Summary: KDE prints only to file with certain printers
Product: [Unmaintained] kdelibs Reporter: Sean Hunt <rideau3>
Component: qtAssignee: kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: christophe
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: CUPS configuration for the printer in question.

Description Sean Hunt 2008-06-18 07:08:02 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.0.5)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

KDE 4 misrepresents certain printers as to-file printers, rather than physical ones. I have a Canon MP730; the settings for which were autodetected by my system, using a Gutenprint driver. KDE refuses to actually print to it; it will instead produce a PostScript file with a .pdf extension in my home directory. I then have to manually pass the file to lp. KDE 3 uses it correctly, as do all non-KDE applications.
Comment 1 Sean Hunt 2008-06-18 07:11:04 UTC 
Created attachment 25436 [details]
CUPS configuration for the printer in question.

This is the PPD configuration file found in /etc/cups/ppd/. KDE 4 doesn't work
with this printer, apparently.
Comment 2 Christophe Marin 2008-06-18 09:20:53 UTC 
Just to check something : 

- When the printing dialog appears, is the bottom part empty/greyed ?
- If you change the printer from <your printer> to "print to PDF" then select back your printer, is the bottom part now greyed ?
Comment 3 Pino Toscano 2008-06-18 11:06:55 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 162793 ***