[arch-general] KDE 4.4 + pnm2ppa + CUPS

[Lars Tennstedt]

On 01/03/2010 02:11 AM, Arvid Picciani wrote:
> On 01/02/2010 09:20 PM, Lars Tennstedt wrote:
>>
>> Qt4 applications behave like KDE4 applications. The printer recognizes
>> the job and all it prints is a blank paper, sometimes with headline but
>> always without the body.
>
> Does the same failure appear when printing to pdf?
> Also please try the following test:
>
> cd /tmp/
> mkdir bla
> cd bla
> wget http://codepad.org/UggpuBz4/raw.cpp
> qmake -project
> qmake
> make
> ./bla
>
>
> and tell if it prints "Hello world" as expected.
> If not, please try a clean not downstream patched version of qt
> ( heresy has unfortunately only 4.6.0 as arch package, which according
> to arch devs breaks kde right now.
> http://hereticlinux.org/repo/i686/qt-4.6.0-3-i686.pkg.tar.gz )
>
> finally, if that fails, please report a bug upstream, including your
> detailed cups setup and the above testcase.
> http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com
>
> thanks
>



On 01/03/2010 02:11 AM, Arvid Picciani wrote:
 > On 01/02/2010 09:20 PM, Lars Tennstedt wrote:
 >>
 >> Qt4 applications behave like KDE4 applications. The printer recognizes
 >> the job and all it prints is a blank paper, sometimes with headline but
 >> always without the body.
 >
 > Does the same failure appear when printing to pdf?
 > Also please try the following test:
 >
 > cd /tmp/
 > mkdir bla
 > cd bla
 > wget http://codepad.org/UggpuBz4/raw.cpp
 > qmake -project
 > qmake
 > make
 > ./bla
 >
 >
 > and tell if it prints "Hello world" as expected.
 > If not, please try a clean not downstream patched version of qt
 > ( heresy has unfortunately only 4.6.0 as arch package, which according
 > to arch devs breaks kde right now.
 > http://hereticlinux.org/repo/i686/qt-4.6.0-3-i686.pkg.tar.gz )
 >
 > finally, if that fails, please report a bug upstream, including your
 > detailed cups setup and the above testcase.
 > http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com
 >
 > thanks
 >

Hello,

printing from Scribus (Qt4) to ps works correctly and from Kate (KDE4) 
to pdf also does.


I have the feeling that it has something to do with pnm2ppa. My printer 
is a HP DeskJet 710C. It seems that Qt has problems with printers that 
need the pnm2ppa layer.

Bye
Lars