Bug 166983 - autoselect the wrong paper size when printing
Summary: autoselect the wrong paper size when printing
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.3.2 release
Hardware: All All
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Blocks: Print-Dialog
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Reported: 2025-06-13 06:49 UTC by g3rb
Modified: 2026-01-28 19:57 UTC (History)
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Description g3rb 2025-06-13 06:49:52 UTC
Description:
When printing a document from LibreOffice Calc (this issue does not happen with Writer, Impress, or Draw), the auto-selected paper size is incorrect for all printers except the first one shown in the print dialog.

The first printer correctly uses A4.

All other printers auto-select a wrong paper size (e.g. A3, B4, A5, etc.), even though A4 is configured everywhere.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open any A4-sized document in LibreOffice Calc.
2. Go to File > Print.
3. Select each printer in the dropdown list.
4. Observe the paper size that gets auto-selected.

Actual Results:
Only the first printer uses A4. All other printers select incorrect formats like A3, B4, A5, etc.

Expected Results:
All printers should default to A4 as defined in system/printer settings.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
- locale: fr_CH.UTF-8
- System and printer default paper size: A4
- PPD files for printers clearly define A4 as the default size
- Other LibreOffice modules behave correctly
- Manually setting the paper size works, but is not remembered
- tried to run in safe mode : same result
Comment 1 g3rb 2025-06-20 08:17:20 UTC
I saw the same behavior on Windows 10 and 11 with LO 25.2.4.3
Comment 2 simonb 2026-01-26 15:01:04 UTC
Bug still present in lo 25.8.3.2 (x86_64) on opensuse tumbleweed
system printers have all a4 as standard

in libreoffice:

file new calc

print, take a look, system standard printer has now a4
select each printer in dropdown list
take a look at the paper size, it changes automatically
to different formats, also when, selecting back the first
printer wrong format is there.

reproducable always
Comment 3 simonb 2026-01-26 15:38:54 UTC
Same if i reset user-profile