Re: [gentoo-user] Print options in Okular, QpdfView missing

[Mick]

On Sunday 11 Jun 2017 11:41:23 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:47:23 +0100, Mick wrote:
> > I noticed that the above two applications either do not have all the
> > options that used to be available in the past, or what is available
> > when I select File/Print does not take effect when selected.  For
> > example, if I select in Okular to print in Greyscale, it will ignore it
> > and print in Colour.  In the past more options were available and were
> > effective.
>
> I've just tried printing in greyscale from Okular and got colour output,
> so it seems to be the same here. I've no idea ho long it's been like that.
>
> > In LibreOffice, Firefox, et al. no such problems exist.
>
> I occasionally print in greyscale from LO and it works as expected there.
>
> >  Users can
> >
> > change options in a terminal with lpoptions, but when using GUI based
> > apps this becomes annoying.  I am currently running:
> >
> > kde-apps/okular-16.12.3
> > app-text/qpdfview-0.4.16
> > dev-qt/qtprintsupport-5.6.2
> > kde-apps/print-manager-16.12.3
> > app-admin/system-config-printer-1.4.8
>
> Different versions here but same results
>
> % qlist -ICv okular qpdfview qtprintsupport print-manager
> system-config-printer app-admin/system-config-printer-1.4.8
> dev-qt/qtprintsupport-5.7.1
> kde-apps/okular-17.04.2
> kde-apps/print-manager-17.04.2

Thanks Neil for confirming this problem.  I think it all started when I 
updated to Qt5, so I guessed this is an upstream issue.  I ignored user 
complains thinking a future update will fix this, plus the printer does not 
see much usage presently to have made this an urgent job.  Nevertheless, it's 
been months now and judging by your versions I may have to wait longer for it.
-- 
Regards,
Mick