Since reports are PDF and direct printing of PDF was not working with WebKit2, the change was made to redirect File > Print and the Print button to instead export to PDF for now and the export button was removed since it was duplicate functionality. See this bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787018
Regards, Adrien > On Apr 4, 2018, at 1:27 PM, Dave H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So I should be able to run a report such as the Balance Sheet and then click > on the printer icon to print it on one of my physical printers ? Currently > all that happens is that it wants to save it as a pdf - doesn't seem to be an > option to send directly to the printer ? > > GnuCash 3.0, Mac High Sierra 10.13.4 so perhaps not just a Win10 issue ? > > Cheers Dave H. > > On 5 April 2018 at 01:00, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Welcome to GnuCash Steve! > > I just caught up on a thread about W10 printing issues. It seems the problem > has indeed carried over to the 3.0 series. (and still exists in 2.6.x) > > As long as you can then print that PDF, it’s an extra step, but you aren’t > locked out of printing. > > Unfortunately, looking at your questions in 2-4, you might need an extra few > steps anyway. > > There’s no need to export first, you can simply select-all and copy/paste > your report into Excel, and use that to format your printout with desired > page-breaks, paper size, and footer. > > Directly to your #3 - Check in File > Page Setup. You can set paper size and > orientation there. > > You can’t directly control page breaks, but you can change page orientation > and you can adjust font-size by editing the stylesheets or creating your own > stylesheet. However, you’ll likely have to alter this by trial and error and > then do so each time the report changes. (not very time efficient) > > Likewise, you can customize the Footer stylesheet to your needs which will > allow you to print a footer on the page. There are some variables to use in > some places but I’m not sure if page-number and page-count are included in > these or if they’d even work in the footer. You might have to create a custom > report. (which would be even more trouble) > > The easiest way to get all requirements is to copy/paste and format in Excel > as noted. > > Please note, a proper reporting system is on the wish list, but it’s going to > be well down the road until after core parts of the app are rebuilt, > particularly, the transition to a true database app. Till then, we can always > use our favorite spreadsheet for custom and ‘pretty printing’. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Apr 4, 2018, at 2:03 AM, Steve Parry <spa...@vidar.com.au> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > GNUCash newbie here. > > > > > > > > The problems I am having are: > > > > 1. I can only print to PDF – no option for real printer use. I > > understand this is a problem with GNUCash on W10, so I’ll let that go. > > > > > > > > 2. If I create a PDF report it splits whatever is at the page break > > across the pages. For example the top half of a text line will be on the > > bottom of page 1 and the bottom half of the text on page 2. How do I make > > it page break at the end of a line? > > > > > > > > 3. Australia use A4 paper, but I can’t see where the PDF page size in > > GNUCash is set up. One Report needs to be in A3 landscape, and currently I > > have to export it to HTML, into Excel, reformat and then print it. Is > > there a way of setting the PDF print properties for GNUCash? > > > > > > > > 4. I want to add a report footer that has “Page x of y” in for my > > multi-page reports. How do I do that? > > > > > > > > Thank you everyone – be gentle😊 > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > …Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
