PDF vs Printers

Joseph ubuntu at e-pops.org
Wed Apr 16 13:36:16 UTC 2008


Rashkae wrote:
> Joseph wrote:
> 
>>
>> Then I suppose you don't have to.  It was my understanding that all of OO.o components used the same 
>> printer settings.  Maybe that was my error, but it would seem that one might attempt to be a little 
>> more understanding that some don't know all there is to know about everything that one needs to know 
>> something about.
>>
>> For the rest of you, who will be a little more congenial, I'm using OO.o Writer.
>>
>> Please forgive my boldness here, but rudeness isn't necessary for helping another fellow human being.
>>
> 
> Joseph, I just did some testing here myself in Gutsy.  It seems that OO
> is now patched so that it uses the the Ubuntu system default printer,
> but sadly, as a consequence, will no longer honor the Open Office
> default printer (so telling Open Office what printer yo want for a
> default will no longer change anything permanently)
> 
> Open your System Menu on your gnome panel (default near the top left,
> next to Applications menu) then Preferences, then Default printer.  Use
> that dialog box to change your default printer system wide.
> 


Thank you Rashkae, I did do that and it seems to be working fine now.  Your knowledgeable comments 
have been appreciated.

Joseph






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