[Bug 303682] [NEW] KDE 4.1 print dialog print properties advanced options tab is broken

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When a print action is invoked on a KDE 4 application in kubuntu 8.10
the kde 4 print dialog appears.

By pressing the "properties" button on the right of the printer selection you enter a new dialog for setting the printer options.
This has two tabs:

1) a "Page" tab where you set the paper size and other completely
useless and confusing options like margins (this depends on the printer
hardware, it should come from the printer ppd, not from user input!)

2) and "Advanced" tab, where you set the printer options (e.g.
resolution, dry time for inkjets, color quality, ecc.)

The advanced tab is broken:

1) In many cases it appears as blank - no options to pick at all.  On my
system this is always the case when I try to print from okular.
Interestingly, if I try to print from konqueror the advanced tab _has_
the options, which is very weird since the print dialog should be the
same for all apps.

2) In cases where it does not appear as blank, it is anyway wrong: for
instance some options are repeated like "Media size" that systematically
appears twice.

(As an aside, I would also like to notice that the print dialog is as a
whole much much worse in usability than the kde 3 print dialog was...
common options like the activation of duplex are not easily accessible
and per user/per printer defaults cannot be saved)

** Affects: qt4-x11 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Incomplete

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KDE 4.1 print dialog print properties advanced options tab is broken
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/303682
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