GNUCash 3.0: Report Printing problems

[Dave H]

I've still got two icons - a printer icon and an export to pdf button hence
my confusion :-(

Cheers Dave H.

On 5 April 2018 at 04:36, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Since reports are PDF and direct printing of PDF was not working with
> WebKit2, the change was made to redirect File > Print and the Print button
> to instead export to PDF for now and the export button was removed since it
> was duplicate functionality. See this bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/
> show_bug.cgi?id=787018
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> > On Apr 4, 2018, at 1:27 PM, Dave H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So I should be able to run a report such as the Balance Sheet and then
> click on the printer icon to print it on one of my physical printers ?
> Currently all that happens is that it wants to save it as a pdf - doesn't
> seem to be an option to send directly to the printer ?
> >
> > GnuCash 3.0, Mac High Sierra 10.13.4 so perhaps not just a Win10 issue ?
> >
> > Cheers Dave H.
> >
> > On 5 April 2018 at 01:00, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Welcome to GnuCash Steve!
> >
> > I just caught up on a thread about W10 printing issues. It seems the
> problem has indeed carried over to the 3.0 series. (and still exists in
> 2.6.x)
> >
> > As long as you can then print that PDF, it’s an extra step, but you
> aren’t locked out of printing.
> >
> > Unfortunately, looking at your questions in 2-4, you might need an extra
> few steps anyway.
> >
> > There’s no need to export first, you can simply select-all and
> copy/paste your report into Excel, and use that to format your printout
> with desired page-breaks, paper size, and footer.
> >
> > Directly to your #3 - Check in File > Page Setup. You can set paper size
> and orientation there.
> >
> > You can’t directly control page breaks, but you can change page
> orientation and you can adjust font-size by editing the stylesheets or
> creating your own stylesheet. However, you’ll likely have to alter this by
> trial and error and then do so each time the report changes. (not very time
> efficient)
> >
> > Likewise, you can customize the Footer stylesheet to your needs which
> will allow you to print a footer on the page. There are some variables to
> use in some places but I’m not sure if page-number and page-count are
> included in these or if they’d even work in the footer. You might have to
> create a custom report. (which would be even more trouble)
> >
> > The easiest way to get all requirements is to copy/paste and format in
> Excel as noted.
> >
> > Please note, a proper reporting system is on the wish list, but it’s
> going to be well down the road until after core parts of the app are
> rebuilt, particularly, the transition to a true database app. Till then, we
> can always use our favorite spreadsheet for custom and ‘pretty printing’.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > > On Apr 4, 2018, at 2:03 AM, Steve Parry <sparry at vidar.com.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > GNUCash newbie here.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The problems I am having are:
> > >
> > > 1.    I can only print to PDF – no option for real printer use. I
> understand this is a problem with GNUCash on W10, so I’ll let that go.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2.    If I create a PDF report it splits whatever is at the page break
> across the pages. For example the top half of a text line will be on the
> bottom of page 1 and the bottom half of the text on page 2. How do I make
> it page break at the end of a line?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 3.    Australia use A4 paper, but I can’t see where the PDF page size
> in GNUCash is set up. One Report needs to be in A3 landscape, and currently
> I have to export it to HTML, into Excel, reformat and then print it.  Is
> there a way of setting the PDF print properties for GNUCash?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 4.    I want to add a report footer that has “Page x of y” in for my
> multi-page reports. How do I do that?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you everyone – be gentle😊
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > …Steve
> > >
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