Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 75342
Allow to not save "Last used printer" in the document
Last modified: 2017-05-20 10:55:33 UTC
Please give an option to not save which printer was used to print the document last. Also please consider making this installation default. WBR, K. Palagin.
As in 2.3 we will have an option to ignore printer settings on loading - is that enough? It might look bloated to have two settings for printer options.
That should be fine, as long as ignoring is installation default.
I don't want to discuss the default setting (and leave that up to "user experience"), my question is just whether not loading printer settings is a sufficient replacement for not storing them so that we can close this issue.
I don't think a setting that affects loading alone is the proper way to deal with this. When I create a document I want to make sure that it works for the recipient of that document. I have no control over the recipient's computer. I want a way to make sure that when the recipient prints my document it comes out of the printer he expects, because otherwise it means trouble for him and for me. In a corporate setting with lots of network printers it is very likely that the document creator and the reader have access to the same printer (or worse, a like-named printer) although the printer may be several floors away from the reader. This can be more than an inconvenience. This can result in breach of confidentiality. It's not unlikely that the recipient and the sender have access to a printer with the same name. When a confidential document comes out of the wrong printer this can be a disaster. It's happened to me that I printed on the wrong printer (although fortunately nothing confidential), because the creator of the document had a like-named printer installed (Happens easily when printers have creative names such as "Kyocera Mita 08/15"). And the worst thing about this is that you won't even notice. You click the print icon, check the printer, nothing's coming out, you think something went wrong and try again. If you go via File/Print the 2nd time and just select the correct printer without thinking about why there's a wrong default, you won't realize that there's an extra copy of your document lying in an unrelated printer tray. The point is: If you want to have only one option, have that apply to saving the document. The important thing is to give document *creators* a reliable way to make sure that their documents will work for their recipients. That's the thing that's missing. Those who print documents have always been able to change the target printer via Printer Settings.
->MBA: See issue 76855
We should make up our minds about that soon -> 2.4
So now back to the subject with fresh mind. As this issue is not fixed by providing the option to ignore the settings on load time and OTOH having two options is overkill (IMHO): why not replacing the option from issue 76855 by a united option called "don't care for printer settings" that means that they won't be loaded *and* they won't be saved.
@mba: Makes sense to me. I would be satisfied with this unified option.
As UI freeze for 2.4 was missed -> target 3.0
*** Issue 84338 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Hello, i confirm with a "don't care for printer settings". But, even you won't discuss, this option should be the default. Migrating users from the redmond product also would expect this behavor. Is there a chance for target 2.5?
There is no chance for this target. Mainly because there will be no such version ever. ;-)
3.1
Hi, Looks as if this one slipped through??
Yes, looks like it slipped through. The option to ignore printer settings on loading was a little relief in our corporate environment, as we where able to change the settings in the config files by script (we run on linux terminal server). But installations not under our direct control are still unaffected. So the "don't SAVE printer information" feature isn't implemented.
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".