To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=84338 Issue #|84338 Summary|Printing to default printer from document created from | a OOo-2.x-template prints to printer stored in the te |mplate Component|Word processor Version|OOo 2.3.0 RC1 Platform|All URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|printing Assigned to|mru Reported by|rkollien
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 7 10:20:06 +0000 2007 ------- CentOS 5 Server, OOo-RPM-install 2.3.0 from OOo-Website (no!! CentOS-RPMs) Dear Sirs, we use several templates stored on a central location on the server. The templates are used to create documents. The templates currently are all created with the old OOo 1.1.5. Now, when a user opens such a template with OOo 2.3, a document is created as expected. Clicking on "direct printing" prints the document at the USERS DEFAULT printer. So far, so good. Now when we open the template itself with 2.3 and store it, ether as a .stw or as a .ott, at this moment, all new documents based on this templates are printed to the printer STORED IN THE TEMPLATE (which is the default printer of the maintainer of the template). If this printer isn't available, the SYSTEM DEFAULT PRINTER is used. To print to the users printer, you have to go to "File->Print" and choose the correct printer. Pre-assigned in the printing dialog is ether the maintainers printer (if available) or the system default printer. This is very unfunny. We tried to delete the stored printer, resp. deleted the string completely, in the settings.xml by hand, but this only leads to printing on the system default printer (as a empty or the non-existing printer isn't available). This DOESN'T happen, when you use a unmodified 1.1.5-template (even the printer is stored within the settings.xml, too). This is very unusable in the case of: a) We have several templates which use a basic macro and button to print forms. The macro command "doc.print(...)" now prints all newly created documents to the maintainers printer! And she's not very happy about... b) Some forms created with 1.1.5 look very ugly in 2.x, as some controls are no more at the designated place on the page. So unluckily we must correct the template with 2.x. And, as above written, it doesn't matter if you save the template in 1.x-format or 2.x-format. At the moment, OOo 2.x saves a template, all further printing goes to the maintainer or system default printer. BTW: It doesn't matter, if the template is printed before saving. The maintainers printer always is saved in the template. Does it make any sense, storing a printer in the document? Maybe this is funny on a single workplace, but catastrophic on server based systems where many people work with same documents/templates an all have access to all printers (or at least the system default). Regards, Rudolf --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
