When I try to change Print -> (Generic Printer) -> Properties -> Device -> Printer language type, the setting reverts to "Automatic: PDF" no matter which one I picked, even when I click "Properties" again right after "OK" without leaving the Print window. Also if I selected the "Print to file" option, it prints to "%!PS-Adobe-3.0" with "%%LanguageLevel: 2" anyway.
I am getting the same. LibeOffice 5.0.2.2 from Debian. Tools > Options > LibreOffice > Print, PDF as standard print job format is off. File > Print > Options > Print to file Device is a PostScript printer, properties show Printer language type: Automatic PostScript (Level from driver) I click print to file and the only format I can print out in is pdf.
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My OS is Debian, i.e. GNU/Linux, testing distribution. Desktop is Xfce version 1.42 John
(In reply to John Talbut from comment #1) > I am getting the same. I am not sure if we really share the same problem. "PDF as standard print job format" basically works if I set up some printers in cups. Print to file gives me pdf when the option is on and ps when the option is off. It's just the option does not have any effect on the "Generic Printer" (which shows up only if no printer is configured in cups) set up by some LibreOffice builtin "psprint". It gives me PS anyway. The "printer language type" menu does not work and is not really changable anyway. I am on Arch Linux btw: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk?h=packages/libreoffice-fresh&id=dad0330304d72dcc0cb01b209dad0e83308bfdc0 I tried running libreoffice with the following env var one by one: SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=kde4 SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 They don't seem to change the behaviour of "printer language type".
So basically I am experiencing TWO separate bugs: 1. When "Generic Printer" set up by "psprint" is used, "PDF as standard print job format" option is ignored 2. "Printer language type" menu seems to be useless
(In reply to Tom Yan from comment #0) > When I try to change Print -> (Generic Printer) -> Properties -> Device -> > Printer language type, the setting reverts to "Automatic: PDF" no matter > which one I picked, even when I click "Properties" again right after "OK" > without leaving the Print window. Reproduced. Ubuntu 15.10 64-bit Version: 5.0.2.2 Build ID: 00m0(Build:2) Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8)
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Just curious, since I’m consider dropping PostScript printing support, what do you need it for, and can’t you just use PDF which is the default in CUPS for a long time now?
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In commit 2a40505d00fcd79bfa433c301ddc05a35287bfb1, the option “PDF as standard print job format” is deprecated and you need to set it with the Expert Configuration dialog. As Khaled says, PDF has been the standard printing format on Linux for quite a while now.
Yes, it seems it would be best to close this.