OO, Windows and Printers
A common complaint on the Forum is that OO does not see, or if it sees, does not print to, an existing printer. There are numerous examples of this and I can extract a list of threads if necessary. Might the interface between a 32 bit OO and a 64 bit Windows OS require some reconsideration for a future release? I should say that not all instances of this problem involve a 64 bit Windows. There have been instances of an installed and working network printer not working with OO. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: OO, Windows and Printers
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 10:15:58 + Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > A common complaint on the Forum is that OO does not see, or if it sees, does > not print to, an existing printer. There are numerous examples of this and I > can extract a list of threads if necessary. Might the interface between a 32 > bit OO and a 64 bit Windows OS require some reconsideration for a future > release? I should say that not all instances of this problem involve a 64 > bit Windows. There have been instances of an installed and working network > printer not working with OO. > > -- > Rory O'Farrell I should expand the above slightly: from memory most such complaints involve Windows. We are dealing largely with unsophisticated users, who do not understand why an existing printer, working for all other applications, is either not seen, or if seen, is not printed to. Sometimes reinstallation of the printer cures the problem, but unfortunately we do not have access to pre/post problem code dumps. The problem seems to occur most often (but not exclusively) with 64 bit Windows. I mention the problem here so that it is at the back of developers' minds - perhaps in some review of the relevant code knowledge of the problem will trigger a warning bell in a developer's mind, leading to a fix. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: OO, Windows and Printers
Hi, > is that OO does not see, or if it sees, does not print to, an existing printer. please see my issue 99074: changing windows default printer not reflected in open document https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=99074 Regards Oliver - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: OO, Windows and Printers
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:16:54 +0100 Oliver Brinzing wrote: > Hi, > > > > is that OO does not see, or if it sees, does not print to, an existing > printer. > > please see my issue 99074: > changing windows default printer not reflected in open document > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=99074 > > Regards > > Oliver > This may be another aspect of the same problem. Many of the Forum reports are of inability of OpenOffice to print to an existing printer on Windows, even from a new file, not necessarily from an existing file. I know that on Ubuntu OO only detects the printer and its settings on OO startup - if one changes printer settings (using CUPS) while OO is open, OO doesn't see the new settings - one gets used to that in one's method of work. But to fail to detect a single installed printer, or to detect it and refuse to print to it, as can happen using Windows, is more serious. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
