Re: set default print options on printer

[Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net>]

On 2018-03-10 08:23 AM, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 09 Mar 2018 at 23:19:28 -0500, Gary Dale wrote:
>
> > On 2018-03-09 07:13 AM, Brian wrote:
> > > It is okular without KDE here and it honours lpoptions. Try
> > > lpoptions -p Samsung_C410_Series -o PageSize=Letter
> > Does that require a restart because it doesn't seem to fix the problem.
> > After I entered the command, $HOME/.cups/lpoptions contains "Dest
> > Samsung_C410_Series PageSize=Letter" but Okular still wants to use A4.
> Neither okular nor cups needs a restart. After the command above,
>
>    lpoptions -p Samsung_C410_Series -l
>
> should show Letter as the default PageSize.
>
> BTW, it is possible to alter $HOME/.cups/lpoptions from within okular.
> File/Print/Name/Properties/Advanced. Highlight Page Size and double-
> click at the right side of the highlighted portion.
>
> Perhaps you have encountered the bug in Qt that Curt pointed to.
I can't get to the location you referred to. I get to File | Print OK, 
but the Name is a pull down list. I can select any printer (they all 
show A4 paper as the default size) then click on the Properties button 
but there is never an Advanced tab or button. I can't highlight Paper 
size nor the paper pull down list. Double clicking on either does nothing.

The bug does sound like the same one Curt refers to. Unfortunately 
testing is still stuck at qt 5.9 and the bug isn't fixed until qt 5.11. 
It's been a month & a half since the bug was supposedly fixed upstream 
so hopefully it won't be long before they update Buster.