Stable Version 2.4.13 will not print on Windows 7

[Lake Resident]

David,

Right you are about the issue - can see the report fine, but it will not
print on my HP printer.  I am going to verify that I have the latest print
driver as the last step into possibly fixing this bug.

Wish the majority of business users were on Mac or Linux, but the fact
remains that they are on Windows.  No wonder that people are frustrated.

My hat's off to the GnuCash users group - got a good number of helpful
suggestions.

Thanks to all of you.

Charles

On Thursday, June 13, 2013, Derek Atkins wrote:

> David,
>
> David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com <javascript:;>> writes:
>
> > On 6/12/2013 2:28 PM, Lake Resident wrote:
> >> Derec.
> >>
> >> I agree that Windows is a fickle beast.  Perhaps there are only a few
> >> Windows users having these problems, lucky us.  Or maybe they just gave
> up
> >> and selected another accounting package rather than banging their head
> >> against the wall.  Who knows?
> >>
> >> I may take a look at a possible HP printer issue, but I have never had
> any
> >> similar problems in 3 years with any other Windows programs.  Wish we
> all
> >> didn't have to spend so much time getting such basic features to work.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Charles
> >>
> >>
> > Charles,
> >
> > Did you try setting you default web browser to IE as described in
> > comment #40 of this bug report:
> > <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645273> ?
> >
> > While that seems to be off the wall, it has fixed the printing problem
> > for a lot of us.  You can reset the default browser back to your
> > favorite afterwards and printing remains fixed.
>
> I think you're pointing poor Charles in the wrong direction here.  This
> bugzilla entry is about GnuCash not *DISPLAYING* reports.  E.g., if you
> get an empty window when you run a report.  I'm pretty sure that Charles
> is *seeing* the report on the screen but just cannot print it to his
> printer.  Right, Charles?
>
> Charles, I'll just point out that GnuCash isn't a "Windows App" like
> most Windows apps.  It's a GTK app that's been ported to Windows, so the
> bug, most likely, is in the Gtk<->Windows printer places.
>
> If you don't want to spend so much time getting such basic features to
> work on Windows then I recommend you switch to an OS that was actually
> designed properly to handle the separation of apps and devices/drivers,
> like MacOS or Linux.  :)
>
> > David C
>
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>
> -derek
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