Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.6.1) OS: Linux I i have had a problem printing a selection with rekonq konqueor arora browsing i love kde but there is something i have to say: the printing-window changes for each application. this is a bad behavior gwenview http://wstaw.org/m/2011/03/08/plasma-desktopPt1493.jpg klourpaint http://wstaw.org/m/2011/03/08/plasma-desktopkS1493.jpg firefox http://wstaw.org/m/2011/03/08/plasma-desktopLG1493.jpg libreoffice http://wstaw.org/m/2011/03/08/plasma-desktopaY1493.jpg it is not accettable by users, if you pay attention you will note that there is not print selection ,in some of them, but after that, you will note that the interface is very different from an application to another... it's not a lack of manpower it's a lack of organization you should consider to meet with every open desktop-graphic-developers and speak about a standard print-window .. it's so sad get applications that are amazing from some point of view and then get something of weird for the printing interfaces... consider to use a single application to print well developed and shared by every graphic application Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: open a photo\text editor try to print a document Actual Results: if you use application 1 ------> print-window-1 if you use application 2 ------> print-window-2 if you use application 3 ------> print-window-3 Expected Results: if you use application 1 ------> print-window-1 if you use application 2 ------> print-window-1 if you use application 3 ------> print-window-1 it's not a spare time problem it's not a lack of manpower it's a lack of organization
There is already an attempt to create a standard printing dialog, see http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/commonprintingdialog KDE applications use the Qt library to invoke the printing dialog, so you should ask Qt developers to implement support for the OpenPrinting Common Printing Dialog. Please file your request to http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/ As for other two mentioned applications, please report to their bug tracker.