[Wylug-help] Scribus printing problem

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 22 Jul 2007, steve kirk wrote:
> On Sunday 22 July 2007 09:56, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 Jul 2007, Martin Rowe wrote:
> > > On 21/07/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > > I now have Scribus 1.3.3.8 installed, and for the first time I'm
> > > > having printing problems.  I can't persuade it to print landscape. 
> > > > The printer properties box appears to be missing, and I don't see any
> > > > other way to do it. Can anyone help?  Thanks
> > >
> > > Hi Anne
> > >
> > > The project document itself defines the paper size and orientation.
> > > You can go to File...Document Setup to change that.
> >
> > No, I tried that, and everything else I could think of.  Reading the
> > archives of their mailing list, everyone else seems to get the printer
> > properties button - and it certainly was there when I used the older
> > version - so I think maybe this version, or maybe the packaging of this
> > version, has a bug. I'm waiting for a reply from someone using 1.3.3.9
> > with Mandriva, to see whether he has the button.
> >
> > Anne
>
>  I'm on 1.3.3.9 (Suse 10.2) - and if you mean the button which leads to a
> Setup Printer popup which in turn leads to a Printer Options popup - yes
> it's there. altho I confess I never use it - I always print via Acrobat
> Reader - which might be a solution for you - it also seems to give greater
> control

It seems that the Mandriva Scribus packages are buggy.  1.3.3.9-1 from Cooker 
does have the Options button, and it appears to work, but CUPS aborts the job 
every time.  I've created a bug report.  Thanks for all the replies.

Anne
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