Bug 206739

Summary:	Printer settings forgotten between print operations
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Jammer <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Bugs <konqueror-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	frank78ac
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Jammer 2009-09-08 14:06:48 UTC

Version:           Version 4.3.1 (KDE 4.3.1) "release 163" (using KDE 4.3.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

Printing from Konqueror is really annoying when printing multiple times.
The print dialogue completely forgets the manually selected settings between successive print operations.

It forgets which printer was selected previously.
It forgets the options that were selected.
It forgets the previously entered output file.

Comment 1 Jammer 2009-09-08 14:12:49 UTC

Actually this doesn't appear to be limited to Konqueror. None of the applications using the standard "Print" dialogue remembers their settings between invocations. 
KMail & Okular also behave like this.

Comment 2 Frank Reininghaus 2009-09-08 15:37:47 UTC

Thanks for the bug report! Looks similar to what was reported in bug 180051.

Comment 3 Jammer 2009-09-09 00:17:54 UTC

I guess it's somewhat related to Bug 180051 however the issue there seems mainly to do with some way of selecting printer defaults, which isn't quite the same. I also don't believe this has anything to do with CUPS.
It works in KDE v3.x so in that respect it is a regression issue.

Pretty much any print dialogue should remember the settings from the last time.

Comment 4 Frank Reininghaus 2009-09-09 10:20:18 UTC

> Pretty much any print dialogue should remember the settings from the last time.

I fully agree with that!

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-06 15:18:05 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 6 Jammer 2018-11-06 22:39:49 UTC

KDE 4.14.32 on Slackware: There is no change to reported behaviour.
I think this is just the accepted way the print dialogue operates. 

Almost a decade on, and no other people have reported problems with it working this way so maybe I'm an outlier. Either way, there doesn't seem to be much reason to change the current operation so perhaps this is "not a bug" and can simply be closed.