Bug 200120 - collate and/or reverse causes slow printing
Summary: collate and/or reverse causes slow printing
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: print-dialog (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KDEPrint Devel Mailinglist
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Reported: 2009-07-14 03:00 UTC by ietc
Modified: 2023-01-08 05:16 UTC (History)
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Description ietc 2009-07-14 03:00:34 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.96)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

When either collate or reverse (possibly both: not tested) print output options is selected, Okular seems to send each page to the printer one at a time instead of the whole document at once.  This results in the following printer behavior:

1. Receive data
2. Process page 1
3. Load paper
4. Print page 1
5. Process page 2
6. Load paper
7. Print page 2
8. And so on

By contrast, when neither option is selected, the printer behaves as expected:

1. Receive data
2. Process page 1 (and probably more)
3. Load paper
4. Print page 1 while loading another sheet
5. Print page 2 while loading another sheet
6. And so on

Not sure if perhaps the implementation of these options is creating several discrete PostScript files and sending them in the desired order to the printer or something.

(Tested using Konqueror.)

Okular version 0.8.90
Using KDE 4.2.96 (KDE 4.3 RC2) "release 142"
OpenSUSE 11.1
Brother HL-4070cdw
  Brother's PPD file version 1 (2007-04-18)
Comment 1 ietc 2009-07-14 03:03:02 UTC
Sorry, flagrant mistake in the first sentence of the report.  It should read:

"... output options is selected, KDEprint seems to send ..."
Comment 2 John Layt 2009-07-28 21:37:03 UTC
Hmmm, have to say this sounds like a CUPS or driver issue.  KDE apps simply print the full From/To page range entered in the print dialog in ascending page order into one print file and then pass the full print file onto CUPS which applies the Reverse/Collate flags before sending to the printer.

Can you check what happens with a non-KDE app like Firefox, Gimp, or OpenOffice?  If the same behviour then it is definitely CUPS.
Comment 3 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-02 23:04:02 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 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-16 05:26:43 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that 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?

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 5 Justin Zobel 2022-12-09 22:12:47 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-24 05:22:49 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2023-01-08 05:16:06 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
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