As my next attempt to resolve this I deleted ~/.cache, ~/.kde4 and /.config. I logged in as the user and checked the default paper for the printers and it remains A4.
I believe I have now covered all the suggestions offered so far. What can I try next? Thanks On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Stephen Dowdy <sdo...@ucar.edu> wrote: > Here's a snippet from my internal wiki page on printing troubleshooting... > (FWIW, i've battled this type of issue before, sometimes left with just > head-scratching :-( ) > > libpaper > > On Linux systems with the libpaper package installed, the system default > papersize is stored in /etc/papersize. > > You can get the value that will be used in libpapersize supporting > applications with: > paperconf > > or if the paperconf package is not installed.... > echo ${PAPERSIZE:-$(cat ${PAPERCONF:-/etc/papersize} 2>/dev/null || > echo "NO DEFAULT PAPERSIZE")} > > I.e you can specify an environment variable PAPERSIZE with a valid paper > size (see man -s 5 papersize for valid papersizes, or type 'paperconf -a' > to list them), or you can specify an override to the system's default > papersize configuration file (/etc/papersize) by using the PAPERCONF > environment variable to point to a file of your choosing that contains the > name of a valid paper size. > Other Possible Desktop Environment (DE) configurations > > It could be other things setting this value, so you might do: > find ~/.config/ ~/.local/ ~/.kde*/ -xdev -type f -exec grep -i -e > paper -e a4 {} + 2>&1 | less > > To see if there's any standard desktop configurations that refer to > "paper" or "a4" (if you're always getting A4 printouts). > NOTE: this is likely to generate a LOT of noise > > Also, CUPS may be configured to default a Printer to a specific size, > either globally or individually. Try these: > > $ lpoptions | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -i -e letter -e a4 -e paper -e size > HPOption_PaperPolicy=Scale > > $ lpoptions -l | grep -i -e size > PageSize/Page Size: *Letter Legal Executive HalfLetter w612h935 4x6 5x7 > 5x8 A4 A5 A6 RA4 B5 B6 W283H425 w553h765 w522h737 w558h774 DoublePostcard > Postcard Env10 Env9 EnvMonarch EnvISOB5 EnvC5 EnvC6 EnvDL > Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT > HPBookletPageSize/Paper For Booklet: *Letter Legal Executive HalfLetter > w612h935 4x6 5x7 5x8 A4 A5 RA4 B5 B6 W283H425 w553h765 w522h737 w558h774 > Postcard DoublePostcard > HPwmFontSize/Size: pt24 pt30 pt36 pt42 *pt48 pt54 pt60 pt66 pt72 pt78 pt84 > pt90 > > add a '-P {printername}' to lpoptions (prior to '-l') to look at settings > for specific printers > > The options that are '*'-ed are default settings. > > --stephen > > On 03/27/2018 08:11 AM, Bug Reporter wrote: > > I'm not sure how to list all KDE app versions with one command, however, > here are the main ones: > > > > $ plasmashell --version > > plasmashell 5.12.3 > > $ kate --version > > kate 17.12.3 > > $ dolphin --version > > dolphin 17.12.3 > > $ konsole --version > > konsole 17.12.3 > > > > I'm running Arch Linux and all packages are up to date. I'm running > stable versions of all packages. My Linux kernel version is: > > 4.15.10-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 15 12:24:34 UTC 2018 x86_64 > GNU/Linux > > > > My CUPS version is 2.2.6 > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Ianseeks <bingmyb...@btinternet.com > <mailto:bingmyb...@btinternet.com>> wrote: > > > > On Sunday, 25 March 2018 20:00:44 BST Bug Reporter wrote: > > > Starting several months ago, all KDE apps (e.g., Kate) no longer > use the > > > system printer settings. For example, in "Kickoff -> Computer -> > System > > > Settings -> Printer Configuration" I have US letter paper size set. > > > However, Kate and other KDE apps all default to A4 paper size. I > can't find > > > a way to change this default, so I have to manually change paper > size every > > > single time I need to print. > > I'm not having that problem. > > I set my Printer Configuration to "Letter" and then ran kate, > checked its settings and it showed it was set to "Letter", i then changed > it back to A4 in the Printer Configuration, reran kate, checked its setting > and it showed as A4. > > > > > > > > I'm running Arch Linux on several different computers (NUC, > laptop, desktop > > > and more). The problem appears on all systems. All packages, > including KDE > > > are fully up to date with Arch's most recent packages. The problem > has > > > persisted through several updates now. I estimate it has been > going on for > > > at least 3 months. > > > > > > Whenever I make a change (such as paper size) using "Configure your > > > printers" in System Settings, I can see the change reflected in the > > > printer's PPD file in /etc/cups/ppd. However, as I said, Kate and > other KDE > > > apps ignore that value. > > > > > > Is this a known bug? Is there a work-around? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > You might need to list the version levels of the software you are > using in case someone else might notice a mismatch ot has the same as you > and can check.. > > > > -- > > opensuse:tumbleweed:20180324 > > Qt: 5.10.0 KDE Frameworks: 5.44.0 - KDE Plasma: 5.12.3 - kwin 5.12.3 > > kmail2 5.7.3 - akonadiserver 5.7.3 - Kernel: 4.15.11-1-default - > xf86-video-nouveau: 1.0.15 > > > > > > > > >