[Bug 635004] [NEW] kmail won't print to lexmark printers

[seasoned_geek]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdepim

I reported this bug once before, but it seems to have disappeared.  None
of the KUbuntu native applications using Qt will print to the Lexmark
Optra (and all other Lexmark printers served by Foomatic postscript
drivers.  This is due to two bugs in the version of Qt you are using.

1)  Qt doesn't correctly read any file which as an ASCII FormFeed character as the first character in any line.
2) You are calling setOutputFormat( QPrinter::NativeFormat)  instead of setOutputFormat( QPrinter::PoscriptFormat)

There is a fairly simple testing method if you don't want to dig through
all of the source for kdepim.  Visit source forge and pull down the
source for xpnsqt.  Copy all of the ReportBrowserDialog.* files into a
directory.  Create a main that simply calls this:

ReportBrowserDialog::ReportBrowserDialog(QWidget *parent, QString &
fileName)

Attached is a test.rpt file which is an ASCII report file that can be
used to test both problems.  If Qt team hasn't fixed either problem then
both need to be bubbled up to Qt team, not just close this bug and punt.
You can test the printer itself (if you have one and it is default) by
simply

lpr test.rpt

It prints perfectly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: kmail 4:4.4.2-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 10 09:44:13 2010
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdepim

** Affects: kdepim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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kmail won't print to lexmark printers
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