Bug 161081 - Regression in Print To File ability from Print Dialog
Summary: Regression in Print To File ability from Print Dialog
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 152272
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
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24.2.2.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Reported: 2024-05-15 03:42 UTC by Evan Langlois
Modified: 2024-05-15 07:52 UTC (History)
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Description Evan Langlois 2024-05-15 03:42:21 UTC
Description:
The Print To File feature is only picking up paper sizes from the first listed printer. The first listed on my system is a label printer, so I am unable to print to file.  The PDF export feature does not support multiple sheets per page like the Print dialog.  This is stopping me from being able to use the app!

Steps to Reproduce:
Open print dialog
Set printer to Print To File
Try to select a page size not supported by first listed printer.

Actual Results:
First printer is a label printer.  Cannot select 8 1/2 x 11

Expected Results:
Should allow any size, especially US Letter 


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

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Comment 1 Stéphane Guillou (stragu) 2024-05-15 07:52:04 UTC
Thanks for the report.
I can reproduce the issue as described.
The Paper Size field is greyed out in the Print dialog when using Print to File, but going into "Properties > Paper" and ticking "Use only paper size from printer preferences", one can choose a paper size from the dropdown underneath - however, it only lists the default printer's sizes.

This is essentially the same problem as described in bug 152272: Print to File should allow at least the document page's size as a default (as with PDF export), and allow changing to any format if we do want to allow something different to the original.

Marking as duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 152272 ***