Created attachment 118918 [details] XPS-printed document showing garbage at top of page. Printing from 5.0.2.2rc results in some garbage printing along the top edge of the page, apparently starting from the left edge. How deep from the top and how far to the right it extends, seems to depend on the contents/formatting of the detail to be printed. It varies from barely noticeable, to quite prominent. In the more prominent cases, it almost looks as if it tried to print the entire page on that one line but without any borders, indents, etc. This does NOT occur when exporting to a PDF, only when printing. See the attached XPS print of a Writer document.
I don't know how to open the file and anyway we need the original file or an example where it occurs. Set to NEEDINFO. Change back to UNCONFIRMED after you have provided the file.
Created attachment 118932 [details] jpg image of printout showing the problem
Created attachment 118933 [details] Original Writer document Note that the problem is not limited to this document, but instead seems to affect *anything* which is printed from (at least) Writer and Calc.
The XPS document *is* an example of where the problem occurs. It can be viewed with the XPS viewer on any supported version of Windows, which is the platform for which I'm submitting this bug. But as per your request, I have also included a jpg image of the affected portion of that printout as well as the Writer document from which it was produced. However, please note that the issue is *NOT* limited to XPS "printouts". It also occurs on "real" printouts using a "real" printer and "real" paper. I just used the XPS example since I cannot attach a piece of paper to this submission. :) Also, please note that the problem is not limited to this document or to Writer. It seems to affect anything that I print from (at least) Writer and Calc.
Also reported in Bug 94478: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94478
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Yes I have the same problem too.
I think we can set this to NEW as there are now 3 people seeing this.
I have the same problem with garbage on upper left top of page when printing from my Windows 7 desktop, both via parallel port printer and usb printer. Printing the same document from my Windows 10 desktop via serial port does not show the garbage. Maybe this is helpful in locating the problem.
We are getting so many reports for this regression that it qualifies as a most annoying bug, so priority -> highest.
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Seems like Major is also appropriate (major feature - printing - having some significant issues). Setting to Major
Exactly the same issue here (Windows version to Brother HL-5170DN, among other printers). Also absent when *exporting* to PDF rather than printing to PDF driver.
Michael Meeks committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=cb81ca35d4d4db27f8bd3322fc16aa73d9cf38bb tdf#94428 - don't use OpenGL font rendering when we're printing. It will be available in 5.1.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Not printer specific; it's a GL issue; so un-check: Tools->Options->View->"Use OpenGL for all rendering" The fix is pretty trivial; just pushed to master; and would much appreciate testing of windows printing there, and a sanity check of: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/19079 The punch-line is that we still use the old GDI rendering for printing; and fonts needed to know about that (I guess).
Thanks, Michael! I un-checked Tools->Options->View->"Use OpenGL for all rendering" in 5.0.2.2 and no more garbage on printouts. I'd be happy to try printing from master if you can supply a link; I don't know where to find that.
(In reply to Steve from comment #16) > Thanks, Michael! > > I un-checked Tools->Options->View->"Use OpenGL for all rendering" in 5.0.2.2 > and no more garbage on printouts. > > I'd be happy to try printing from master if you can supply a link; I don't > know where to find that. http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/?C=M;O=A I think the latest Linux build right now would have the fix. For Windows you would have to wait for the coming nightly build.
Michael Meeks committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-5-0": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=1d49c4a54995b6c96a32a092f78b38b36a5748d5&h=libreoffice-5-0 tdf#94428 - don't use OpenGL font rendering when we're printing. It will be available in 5.0.3. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
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Also, text in color will print as black
Please don't report secondary issues to the bug report. 1 bug per report. If it still prints black after this commit, report a separate issue as this one is closed.
(In reply to Joel Madero from comment #26) > Please don't report secondary issues to the bug report. 1 bug per report. If > it still prints black after this commit, report a separate issue as this one > is closed. Thes issue of the colored text is mentioned nowhere in the bug report, but is still fixed in the patch. Users should know this. So I don't agree with you. Because apparently it is the same bug, not a second one.
Just for future reference that's now how we (as in the QA team) does it. Just because the same commit fixed the issue doesn't mean it doesn't deserve its own bug report. But like you said, it seems fixed so no need to waste time.
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Thus bug still occurs on 5.0.3.2. My test printout just now may not have shown "smudges" at the top of the page (instead of the graphic), but the graphis was not printed at all. So perhaps the status should bechanged to "REOPENED"? Likewise, the Whiteboard should be updated since the "target" (5.0.3) has already been missed. I'll attach some scanned printouts that show this bug...
(In reply to Peter Lairo from comment #32) > Thus bug still occurs on 5.0.3.2. Nevermind. I didn't know that I had to restart LibreOffice after unchecking: Tools -> Options -> View -> "Use OpenGL for all rendering". After the restart, the image printed normally, and colored text prints in color too. Very happy now! Thanks!
Migrating Whiteboard tags to Keywords: (bibisectRequest) [NinjaEdit]