Hacking LO print dialog

[Jim Cobley]

Just my 2c worth on this.
Sorry but just seen this so I have not read all the posts so far.

Yes you can set up the page - but that is not where you logically set up 
the tray - it is where you set up the page!
When you print you need to be able to select the printer (no point in 
setting it on the page because the page is configured without knowing 
which printers will be available when you come to print).
So the print dialogue needs to allow such printer specific things as 
printer to use, paper weight, tray etc
If it is set on the Page then the printer dialogue must give the option 
of changing any settings imposed by the author of the page to match the 
current circumstances relating to the printer.


On 15/08/2013 11:44, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> Hi Ahmed,
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Ahmed Hasnaoui
> <hasnaoui.ahmed90 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> that is no proper solution.
>> I want it in a easier way (select page, select tray) right in the print UI,
>> is it a physical impossibility?
> No, probably no impossibility. But I don't see a chance of having your
> modifications integrated for this particular feature.
> I cannot imagine that people will find it more comfortable to manually
> choose the paper tray each time, remembering the page range to choose
> for what paper-tray.
> I cannot imagine that many people need this to begin with.
> Why not run <ctrl>+p, set print and paper tray for first part, click
> "send", and <ctrl>+p another time for different paper tray?
>
> Or for you would be much simpler to create a mini-extension that would
> just prompt for the page-range(s) and corresponding tray and then
> create those multiple print-jobs for you.
>
> ciao
> Christian
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