Stable Version 2.4.13 will not print on Windows 7

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Lake Resident <lakeresident22 at gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

Please search the email archives (using google); I know that Geert has
written some about HP Printer Drivers on Windows.

> 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.

Well, you can still choose to run Mac or Linux for yourself!  :)

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

Thanks!

> Thanks to all of you.
>
> Charles

-derek

> On Thursday, June 13, 2013, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>     David,
>    
>     David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> 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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