#782336 okular: Cannot print from okular

Package:
okular
Source:
okular
Description:
universal document viewer
Submitter:
phaoost
Date:
2024-05-25 05:27:03 UTC
Severity:
important
#782336#5
Date:
2015-04-10 14:40:06 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I cannot print from okular. Whenever I start printing I get the following message in console:

usage: lpr [-cdfghlmnpqrstv] [-#num] [-1234 font] [-C class] [-i [numcols]]
        [-J job] [-Pprinter] [-T title] [-U user] [-wnum] [name ...]
#782336#10
Date:
2016-12-22 17:20:38 UTC
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To:
I have the same issue. When I start Okular from the shell, opened a PDF
and selected print. On the shell I got the following output:

okular(4712)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
okular(4712)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
okular(4712)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
okular(4712)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
okular(4712)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
Object::connect: No such signal org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceAdded(QString)
Object::connect: No such signal
org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceRemoved(QString)
okular(4712) BackendLoader::init: "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kde4/plugins"
This backend is only for XRandR 1.1, your version is:  1 . 4
usage: lpr [-cdfghlmnpqrstv] [-#num] [-1234 font] [-C class] [-i [numcols]]
        [-J job] [-Pprinter] [-T title] [-U user] [-wnum] [name ...]


It seems that Okular doesn't call lpr correctly.
#782336#15
Date:
2016-12-26 14:36:41 UTC
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To:
¡Hola Moritz!

El 2016-12-22 a las 18:20 +0100, Moritz Strohm escribió:

This is a known issue, okular expects the cups' lpr command, later versions add
a recommends cups-bsd. Given the other printing issues in okular I would
suggest the use of qpdfviewer for printing.

Happy hacking,
#782336#20
Date:
2019-05-27 21:32:53 UTC
From:
To:
Trying to print selected pages from a document with Okular with
customized print settings


Steps to reproduce:

Ctrl-P -> select Pages From, Pages, or Current Page radio button, input
desired page(s)
Properties -> Advanced -> Color Model -> select Greyscale
OK -> Print

Nothing happens.  No print job shows up in print queue

But if I do:

Ctrl-P -> Options -> Current Page -> Print

it will print


System info:

Okular 4:17.12.2-2.2 amd64

felicia@life:~$ uname -a
Linux life 4.19.0-5-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.37-3 (2019-05-15) x86_64
GNU/Linux
felicia@life:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Release:        10
Codename:       buster
#782336#25
Date:
2024-05-25 05:22:34 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

	I'm observing the same behavior.  In my specific case, I was
trying to print a range of pages from a PDF.  Instead, an `lpr` usage
message appeared on the terminal:

```
usage: lpr [-cdfghlmnpqrstv] [-#num] [-1234 font] [-C class] [-i [numcols]]
	[-J job] [-Pprinter] [-T title] [-U user] [-wnum] [name ...]
```

	`okular` itself reports no error or any other indication that
the print operation failed.

	It's not listed in the dependencies below, but I also have
installed:
	* cups v2.4.7-1.1+b1
	* lpr 1:2008.05.17.3+nmu2

					Schwab