Bug#905431: libreoffice-common: LibreOffice fails to print text unless "PDF as standard print job format" is chosen

[Andrew Rule <andrew.e.rule@gmail.com>]

Package: libreoffice-common
Version: 1:6.1.0~rc2-3
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

I recently upgraded LibreOffice from 6.0 to 6.1.0~rc2-3, and we found that
writer documents would not print.  That is, the paper went through the printer,
but came out white, nothing printed.

First we got round this by exporting as PDF, and printing from Okular.

Upon further investigation, I found that calc documents print no text, but do
print lines.

Upon further investigation, I found that enabling the option "PDF as standard
print job format" allows the application to print as normal.

I did test this on two printers, so I am sure it is not a problem with a
specific printer.  Furthermore, both Okular and MuseScore packages print with
no special settings on the computer.

As I presume the attached information tells you, I print using CUPS, which is
currently 2.2.8-5

Kind regards,

Andrew Rule



-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.17.9amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages libreoffice-common depends on:
ii  libnumbertext-data       1.0-2
ii  libreoffice-style-tango  1:6.1.0~rc2-3
ii  ure                      6.1.0~rc2-3

Versions of packages libreoffice-common recommends:
ii  fonts-liberation2   2.00.1-7
ii  libexttextcat-data  3.4.5-1
ii  python3-uno         1:6.1.0~rc2-3
ii  xdg-utils           1.1.3-1

Versions of packages libreoffice-common suggests:
ii  libreoffice-style-breeze [libreoffice-style]      1:6.1.0~rc2-3
ii  libreoffice-style-elementary [libreoffice-style]  1:6.1.0~rc2-3
ii  libreoffice-style-tango [libreoffice-style]       1:6.1.0~rc2-3

Versions of packages python3-uno depends on:
ii  libc6             2.27-5
ii  libgcc1           1:8.2.0-1
ii  libpython3.6      3.6.6-1
ii  libreoffice-core  1:6.1.0~rc2-3
ii  libstdc++6        8.2.0-1
ii  python3           3.6.6-1
ii  python3.6         3.6.6-1
ii  uno-libs3         6.1.0~rc2-3
ii  ure               6.1.0~rc2-3

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