Qt Printing

This is the hub page for the Qt Printing module. This page will link to developer documentation for the module.

The Qt Printing module maintainer is John Layt (jlayt on Devnet or johnlayt on JIRA/Gerrit) <jlaytkde.org>.

Qt 5.0 Status

Status as at 2010-06-22
"Qt 5.0 Release Task&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25381
Linux - In Testing, mostly works
Mac - In Testing, mostly works
* Fonts rendered incorrectly, see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25555
Windows - Untested by me.
Todo:
* Complete removal of QAbstractPageSetupWidget
* Still time for removal of QAbstractPrintDialog?
* Clean-ups and bug fixes in Linux print dialog
* Write a feature matrix for print support on different platforms
* Rewrite tst_qprinter to correctly test platform options per feature matrix, currently very broken
* Write manual printing test plan for features that cannot be auto tested
* Develop auto tests that add/delete printers to test QPrinterInfo
* Review platform specific code still in core

Release criteria

The following criteria must be met on all 3 platforms for release:

No blocker bugs open
All unit tests not failing, i.e. passing or skipped for valid reasons
Platform Plugin fully implemented for all required features
Print to printer tested visually, no font or layout issues
Print to PDF tested visually, no font or layout issues
Print dialog tested, all options function as expected

The following tasks also performed:
* API reviewed for any last clean-ups
* Build system reviewed
* Includes reviewed
* Documentation reviewed
For testing painted output, use the example/richtext/textedit or Qt Assistant.

Bugs

Bugs are assigned to the "GUI: Printing&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG/component/19140 component in JIRA.
The following are Tasks to track specific areas within Qt Printing:
"QTBUG-25385 QPrinter - New Printing Module requested features&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25385
"QTBUG-25384 QPrinter - Windows related issues&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25384
"QTBUG-25383 QPrinter - Mac OS X related issues&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25383
"QTBUG-25381 QPrinter - Qt 5.0 Release Task&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25381
"QTBUG-25380 QPrinter - Page Size and Margin Related Issues&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25380
"QTBUG-25379 QPrinter - PDF Generator Related Issues&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25379
"QTBUG-25378 QPrinter - Font Related Issues&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25378
"QTBUG-25377 QPrinter - Remote Printer Issues&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25377
"QTBUG-25372 QPrinter - CUPS Settings In Linux Print Dialog&quot;:https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-25372

Qt 4 Printing Support in QtGui / QtWidgetsQt 5 QtPrintSupport Module

The Qt 4 printing code was moved in a new library QtPrintingSupport and a new PrintSupport platform plugin. The code can be found in qtbase/src/printsupport and qtbase/plugins/printsupport

QPrintEngine Keys



Key

Type

Win Set

Win Get

Mac Set

Mac Get

PDF Set

PDF Get

CUPS Set

CUPS Get


PPK_CollateCopies

Setting

y

FALSE

n

FALSE

y

y

y

y


PPK_ColorMode

Setting

y

y

n

Color

y

y

y

y


PPK_Creator

Setting

n

NULL

n

NULL

y

y

y

y


PPK_DocumentName

Setting

y

y

n

NULL

y

y

y

y


PPK_FullPage

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_NumberOfCopies

Setting

y

1

y

1

y

y

y

1


PPK_Orientation

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_OutputFileName

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_PageOrder

Setting

n

NULL

n

NULL

y

y

y

y


PPK_PageSize

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_PaperSize = PPK_PageSize

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_PaperSource

Setting

y

y

n

NULL

y

y

y

y


PPK_PrinterName

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_PrinterProgram

Setting

n

NULL

n

NULL

y

y

y

y


PPK_Resolution

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_SelectionOption

Setting

n

NULL

n

NULL

y

y

y

y


PPK_WindowsPageSize

Setting

y

y

n

NULL

n

NULL

n

NULL


PPK_FontEmbedding

Setting

n

NULL

n

NULL

y

y

y

y


PPK_Duplex

Setting

n

NULL

n

NULL

y

y

y

y


PPK_CustomPaperSize

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_PageMargins

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_CopyCount

Setting

y

y

y

y

y

y

y

y


PPK_PageRect

Derived

n

y

n

y

n

y

n

y


PPK_PaperRect

Derived

n

y

n

y

n

y

n

y


PPK_SupportedResolutions

Feature

n

y

n

y

n

72

n

72


PPK_PaperSources

Feature

n

y

n

NULL

n

NULL

n

NULL


PPK_SupportsMultipleCopies

Feature

n

TRUE

n

TRUE

n

FALSE

n

TRUE


PPK_SuppressSystemPrintStatus

Unused?

n

NULL

n

NULL

n

NULL

n

NULL

ArchitectureMac OSX Differences

The Mac paint engine, print engine and print support plugin actually live in the Cocoa Platform Plugin in qtbase/src/plugins/platform/cocoa due to dependencies between the code. It is hoped to clean these up in a future release.

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