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[Upstream] Printer Language type PostScript Level 3 not persisting when chosen

Bug #981606 reported by Bernhard Reiter
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
LibreOffice
Won't Fix
Medium
libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04

2) apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer
libreoffice-writer:
  Installed: 1:3.5.2-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:3.5.2-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:3.5.2-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What is expected to happen in, for example a blank Writer file, is when one clicks File -> Print... -> General tab -> button Properties... -> Device tab -> Printer Language type PostScript Level 3 -> button OK is when one goes back to Printer Language type it still shows the same thing.

4) What happens instead is it shows PostScript Level 2. If one choose PostScript Level 1, then when one returned it would still show Level 1.

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ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: libreoffice 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-19.33-generic 3.0.27
Tags: oneiric
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-19-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-26 (163 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Bernhard Reiter (ockham-razor) wrote :

Tried to run apport-collect, but apparently there aren't any LibreOffice hooks.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 64bit with current updates; all software versions (LibreOffice, CUPS etc) are stock Ubuntu 11.10.

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Bernhard Reiter (ockham-razor) wrote :

This happens with both an HP Photosmart C4380, and an HP Photosmart C309a.
According to CUPS (1.5.0), the driver for both is hpcups 3.11.7 (color, 2-sided printing).

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Bernhard Reiter, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice && apport-collect 981606
When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Bernhard Reiter (ockham-razor) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

tags: added: apport-collected oneiric
description: updated
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Bernhard Reiter (ockham-razor) wrote : ProcEnviron.txt

apport information

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote : Re: Printer Language type PostScript Level 3 not persisting when choosen

Bernhard Reiter, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport . If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about the status. Thanks in advance.

description: updated
summary: - Cannot select Postscript level 3 printing workflow
+ Printer Language type PostScript Level 3 not persisting when choosen
Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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In , Bernhard Reiter (ockham-razor) wrote :

Steps to reproduce:
In a blank Writer file, click File -> Print... -> General tab -> button Properties... -> Device tab -> Printer Language type, and select PostScript Level 3, then press the OK button.

Current behavior:
When navigating to the dialog containing the Printer Language setting again, it is set to PostScript Level 2. (If one chose PostScript Level 1, then when one returns it would still show Level 1.)

Expected behavior:
PostScript Level 3 should persist as Printer Language setting.

Browser/Platform: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu/11.10 Chromium/18.0.1025.168 Chrome/18.0.1025.168 Safari/535.19

Downstream bug report at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/981606

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In , Bernhard Reiter (ockham-razor) wrote :

Steps to reproduce:
In a blank Writer file, click File -> Print... -> General tab -> button Properties... -> Device tab -> Printer Language type, and select PostScript Level 3, then press the OK button.

Current behavior:
When navigating to the dialog containing the Printer Language setting again, it is set to PostScript Level 2. (If one chose PostScript Level 1, then when one returns it would still show Level 1.)

Expected behavior:
PostScript Level 3 should persist as Printer Language setting.

Browser/Platform: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/535.19 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu/11.10 Chromium/18.0.1025.168 Chrome/18.0.1025.168 Safari/535.19

Downstream bug report at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/981606

Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
penalvch (penalvch)
summary: - Printer Language type PostScript Level 3 not persisting when choosen
+ [Upstream] Printer Language type PostScript Level 3 not persisting when
+ chosen
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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Valentin Höbel (t-valentin) wrote :

I can confirm that this bug is also happening in 3.6.0~rc4-0ubuntu3~ppa1~precise1

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In , Ydutrieux (ydutrieux) wrote :

@bernard,

you can fix this behaviour with the program spdamin located in program directory of Libo.

here on my Ubuntu 12.04
/opt/lodev4.0/program/spadmin

once fixed in this program, it will be set correctly on file - print.

Ubuntu 12.04 64Bits - Libo 4.0b1

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In , penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Bernhard Reiter, one may use spadmin as noted in https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50358#c1 to change the default settings. In Ubuntu repo LO, one may launch spadmin at a terminal:
sh /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/spadmin

As well, the 3.5.x branch is no longer supported as per https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan#3.5_release . If you can reproduce the problem in a supported branch, please reopen this report.

Thank you for your understanding.

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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

Synchronising bug status with upstream.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance: Medium → Unknown
status: Confirmed → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in df-libreoffice:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Won't Fix
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