Print only specific pages from a document

Bug #1081649 reported by Vlad Paul Paval
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qpdfview
Fix Released
Wishlist
Adam Reichold

Bug Description

Hi! This is not a bug but more of a personal wish. I would like that qpdfview be able to print only specific pages of a document, i.e. pages 7,9,11, ...78. Currently it has only three options for printing: the whole document, a range of pages (from 3 to 16, for example) and the current page. However, I have many pdf documents from which I want to print only specific pages and it is a bit time-consuming to print one page at a time. It would be much easier for me (and hopingly for others) to just enter the page numbers there and hit the Print button. I hope I made myself clear.
Regards,
Paval Vlad Paul

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Vlad Paul Paval (wladypauly) wrote :
Changed in qpdfview:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
assignee: nobody → Adam Reichold (adamreichold)
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Adam Reichold (adamreichold) wrote :

Hello Paval,

Thanks for reporting! Sadly enough, this limitation is due to Qt's standard print dialog which allows only those three choices. I think reimplementing the print dialog is currently beyond the scope of this project.

However, as a workaround, I could add a text field to the extended print options where one could specify page ranges which are then directly passed to CUPS overriding the standard options. Hence you would have all the options described in "Selecting a Range of Pages" at "http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html". It's a bit redundant, but I am unsure whether something better can be achieved within the bounds of the Qt print dialog.

Regards, Adam.

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Adam Reichold (adamreichold) wrote :

You can try this out in the branch "lp:~adamreichold/qpdfview/pageranges" if you feel comfortable with building from source. However, note that the page ranges passed to CUPS are specified w.r.t. the output pages which is important for number-up printing.

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milestone: none → 0.3.7
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Vlad Paul Paval (wladypauly) wrote :

OK, thanks for clearing that up for me. I will try what you said. Nevertheless, qpdfview remains a great app. As far as I'm concerned, you can mark this bug as solved/closed, whichever is appropiate.

Changed in qpdfview:
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Adam Reichold (adamreichold) wrote :

I'd say "in progress" is appropriate until I commit it into trunk next week and then we track it until the release of version 0.3.7 at the end of December. It's a small change, but it is always good to keep track.

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Vlad Paul Paval (wladypauly) wrote : Re: [Bug 1081649] Re: Print only specific pages from a document

Pe 21.11.2012 18:37, Adam Reichold a scris:
> I'd say "in progress" is appropriate until I commit it into trunk next
> week and then we track it until the release of version 0.3.7 at the end
> of December. It's a small change, but it is always good to keep track.
>
OK, you're the boss, it's your app after all...I got the bzr branch and
will give it a try as soon as possible.

Changed in qpdfview:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in qpdfview:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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