Bug 129923 - Duplex printing no longer works if turned on in the LO print dialog
Summary: Duplex printing no longer works if turned on in the LO print dialog
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Printing and PDF export (show other bugs)
Version:
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6.3.4.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Linux (All)
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Blocks: Print-Dialog
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Reported: 2020-01-10 12:18 UTC by Roland Hughes
Modified: 2020-09-16 18:10 UTC (History)
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2020-01-10 12:18 UTC, Roland Hughes 		Details
second duplex bug test (61.19 KB, image/png)
2020-01-10 12:19 UTC, Roland Hughes 		Details
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Description Roland Hughes 2020-01-10 12:18:51 UTC 
Created attachment 157059 [details]
duplex bug first image

When reporting bug 129101 I was forced to "upgrade" to 6.3.4.2. I really didn't want to do this due to the AGILE development process being used. It always breaks more than it fixes.

The version of LibreOffice bundled with KDE Neon/Ubuntu 18.04 printed perfectly. Version 6.3.4.2 will not override a printers default duplex setting. If the print queue is set up to print single sided by default, turning on duplex in the LO print dialog will not cause duplex to happen. I believe the inverse is also true. I tested this with both my HP OfficeJet 8100 and Lexmark CS310DN. Prior to the installation of 6.3.4.2, this worked.

I realize many won't consider this a significant issue, but it is major. One of the books I'm currently working on tips the scales at just over 1000 pages and one of my editors works from paper with a red pen. Yes, eventually it will be two volumes but it cannot be two volumes until it is first one good book.

Version: 6.3.4.2
Build ID: 1:6.3.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1~lo2
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.0; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

Operating System: KDE neon 5.17
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.65.0
Qt Version: 5.13.2
Kernel Version: 5.0.0-37-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 23.3 GiB of RAM
Comment 1 Roland Hughes 2020-01-10 12:19:42 UTC 
Created attachment 157060 [details]
second duplex bug test
Comment 2 Timur 2020-01-10 17:07:15 UTC 
You don't have to upgrade to test new version, AppImage is very useful.
Please test with LO master (which is not daily updated, but still useful) http://libreoffice.soluzioniopen.com/index.php/daily-version/
Comment 3 Timur 2020-01-11 08:45:43 UTC 
I don't have a physical printer to test, this could be a regression from new print dialog in 6.3.
Comment 4 BogdanB 2020-09-16 17:18:37 UTC 
Hi, Roland. Have you tested the new versions?... Is there any improvment about the bug your reported?...
Comment 5 Roland Hughes 2020-09-16 18:07:23 UTC 
(In reply to BogdanB from comment #4)
> Hi, Roland. Have you tested the new versions?... Is there any improvment
> about the bug your reported?...

Sorry, yes.

Version: 6.4.5.2
Build ID: a726b36747cf2001e06b58ad5db1aa3a9a1872d6
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

Ubuntu 20.04

Seems to be working with both of my printers. Just been too involved with things to get back to you.

My apologies for the delay.