On Linux, printing a range of pages does not work when "Print to File (PDF)" is selected - the entire file gets printed. (forked from bug #422626) STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open any file with multiple pages 2. Choose "Print..." from the menu 3. Click "Options >>" 4. Select the Pages radio button 5. Enter "2-3" in the text box 6. Select "Print" OBSERVED RESULT All pages were printed EXPECTED RESULT Only pages 2 and 3 should be printed SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Plasma Version: git master (20210430) KDE Frameworks Version: 5.82.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2+kde+r188
This happens with all KDE apps. The bug is probably in Qt: https://invent.kde.org/qt/qt/qtbase/-/blob/dev/src/printsupport/dialogs/qprintdialog_unix.cpp#L820 A similar bug was fixed in Qt long ago: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-77351 The commit message of the fix reads: Unix: Disable complex page ranges widget when printing to pdf It doesn't work since it relies on cups to do the heavy lifting and cups is not used when printing to PDF The code is still present in the Qt 5.15 branch: // Disable complex page ranges widget when printing to pdf // It doesn't work since it relies on cups to do the heavy lifting and cups // is not used when printing to PDF options.pagesRadioButton->setEnabled(outputFormat != QPrinter::PdfFormat); Yet, the radio button remains enabled for me. So perhaps it's not working as intended.
Hi, I confirm the bug on linux (Ubuntu 21.04) with Okular 20.12.3. But it only occurs when we select a range from the blank window near "Pages" and enter manually a selection (like 3-6). If we use the option just above "Pages from XX to XX" with the 2 small windows and arrows to select the number of pages, it works well and only prints the selected pages - see the screenshot for clear explanation: https://wtf.roflcopter.fr/pics/GzMYcTjq/ibd7DY45.png
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 252596 ***
Actually no sorry, this is a different thing
Hmmm, that makes no sense, you're using ArchLinux i guess ? Or manjaro? You can't select pages https://i.imgur.com/DQam12c.png when printing to PDF. Can you show me a capture of your print dialog? Do you by any chance have no other printer than print to pdf?
No, as said it's Ubuntu 21.04. The first time I tried, I had another physical printer enabled, and yes in this case I could not select a range in Pages. I removed the printer because I don't have it anymore, and with only the "Print to file" printer, the field is no more unavailable. This field is well enabled in Evince, and we can not only select one, but many ranges like that : 1-2,5-6 which gives a pdf file with the requested pages. But in Okular it doesn't work…
Printing dialogs: https://wtf.roflcopter.fr/pics/UVSK1bDL/1yGylWIF.png
(In reply to Xavier Guillot from comment #6) > I removed the printer because I don't have it anymore, and with only the > "Print to file" printer, the field is no more unavailable. Looks like QPrintDialogPrivate::selectPrinter() is not being called when there are no physical printers (or it's being called with the wrong outputFormat): https://invent.kde.org/qt/qt/qtbase/-/blob/dev/src/printsupport/dialogs/qprintdialog_unix.cpp#L742 > This field is well enabled in Evince, and we can not only select one, but > many ranges like that : 1-2,5-6 which gives a pdf file with the requested > pages. > > But in Okular it doesn't work… Would be good to see how GNOME handles this case. On Linux, Qt delegates complex page range handling to CUPS, and thus it doesn't work for PDF: // Disable complex page ranges widget when printing to pdf // It doesn't work since it relies on cups to do the heavy lifting and cups // is not used when printing to PDF
I relayed some information to the upstream bug: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-77351?focusedCommentId=564096#comment-564096