[GNC] Printing

[Geert Janssens]

It is indeed a known problem that invoices or reports can't be printed in 
flatpak. This is down to the webkit library we depend on for our reporting 
needs. That library doesn't support printing in flatpak unfortunately.

Checks in gnucash don't use webkit but Gtk's native print code. That part does 
work in flatpak.

Regards,

Geert

Op woensdag 30 december 2020 17:15:15 CET schreef Bruce Irving:
> I've been using flatpacks since I switch to Linux full-time (a bit over a
> year ago).
> Unfortunately, it doesn't see my printer on my network.  It only offers lp
> or file.  I select file, make sure I know where it is printing (not an easy
> task!) and that it has a pdf extension.  Then I can open it from a document
> viewer and print.
> 
> Also, Invoices went the same route but I never tried to print checks.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> David wrote:
> Printing is normally handled by the OS and not by GnuCash itself.
> 
> What OS are you using and what is the GnuCash version?
> What are you trying to print?
> 
> Generally only reports can be printed out (and checks, invoices etc.). Under
> the File menu item there is a Print Report (Ctrl-P) entry which will print
> the report currently displayed in the  main window to the system printer.
> AFAIK this is context sensitive and become Print Checks when an account
> register is being displayed. I would think if an invoice is the open tab it
> will change to Print Invoice but I do not use the business features so I
> cannot check it out easily.
> 
> On Linux, in my case, this is a network shared printer accessible via CUPS.
> If the printer is accessible through the OS, web browsers or other
> applications, it should also be accessible from within GnuCash. If not it is
> likely a CUPS configuration problem
> 
> An alternative is to export the report as HTML, then open it with a web
> browser and print from the browser.
> 
> David Cousens
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