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0002779ScribusPrintingpublic2006-11-03 09:16
Reporterpacketbell Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status acknowledgedResolutionopen 
Product Version1.3.2cvs 
Summary0002779: Problems printing multiple copies
DescriptionWhen printing multiple copies of the same document, the print job is completed very slow, probably because the document is being sent to the printer XX times. The only way around it is to select the desired amount of copies in the 'Printer Options' menu instead of the main print dialog. BTW--this allows only 100 copies, regardless of the cups config.
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ringerc

2005-10-31 05:41

reporter   ~0007275

Unfortunately, doing it the other way around and trusting CUPS has problems too. Aside from the fact that we still support builds without CUPS, CUPS its self has (at least historically) had problems with multiple copes. If I recall correctly, when I looked into the issue it looked like it'd generate code to repeat the job that not all printers could understand, some printers - especially older or cheap and nasty PostScript laser printers - would appear to "ignore" the request for multiple copies.

Overall I think it'd be beter to set the CUPS "number of pages" option where possible, and let the CUPS folks deal with old printers. They're not Scribus's problem.

packetbell

2005-10-31 14:35

reporter   ~0007291

>>> Overall I think it'd be beter to set the CUPS "number of pages" option where possible, and let the CUPS folks deal with old printers. They're not Scribus's problem.

Isn't it the other way around: only older printers don't understand multiple copies using cups. Why not make the cups way the default (as in 1.2), and add an option in Preferences to override cups for older printers.

I routinely print 300+ copies with Scribus, and now (1.3) it has become a bit of a hassle. The max. amount of copies you can select under 'Printer Options' is 100, so I have to launch 3 print jobs to complete my work.

cbradney

2005-10-31 22:04

administrator   ~0007294

Err, 1.3.2cvs has copies max of 1000 in druck.cpp...

2005-11-01 00:39

 

Screenshot-Printer Options.png (42,015 bytes)   
Screenshot-Printer Options.png (42,015 bytes)   

packetbell

2005-11-01 00:41

reporter   ~0007295

>>> Err, 1.3.2cvs has copies max of 1000 in druck.cpp...
Is that the max. number that can be set from the main printer dialog? Below is a sniplet from my cupsd.conf, yet the 'Printer Options' window will only let me choose up to 100 copies.

# MaxCopies: maximum number of copies that a user can request. Default is
# 100.
#

MaxCopies 500

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2005-10-31 03:49 packetbell New Issue
2005-10-31 05:41 ringerc Note Added: 0007275
2005-10-31 05:41 ringerc Status new => acknowledged
2005-10-31 14:35 packetbell Note Added: 0007291
2005-10-31 22:04 cbradney Note Added: 0007294
2005-11-01 00:39 packetbell File Added: Screenshot-Printer Options.png
2005-11-01 00:41 packetbell Note Added: 0007295
2006-11-03 09:16 mhanski Relationship added child of 0004475