Collate order function for multiple PDF pages printing does not work

[Neville Makopo]

To reproduce the bug:

1. File--> Print
2. Select Multiple pages to print
3. Tick the "Collate" checkbox

the pages do not come in the order 1,2,3 and 1,2,3...they are printed 1,1,2,2 and 3,3
however if the Collate checkbox is not ticked, the pages come in the order 1,2,3 and 1,2,3...

this problem applies only for pdf documents opened with kpdf and evince
tested on ODT's the collate function works as expected

-------the output of the printingbuginfo below-------
== System information ==
Ubuntu Release : 7.04 (feisty)
Desktop Environment: GNOME
Architecture : i686
Kernel : 2.6.20-16-generic
Locale : LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_ZA.UTF-8, LC_PAPER=en_ZA.UTF-8
/etc/papersize : a4

== Configured printers ==
Color3800-Gary: HP Color LaserJet 3800 Postscript (recommended)
hp3380-black: HP LaserJet 3380 Postscript (recommended)
device for Color3800-Gary: socket://10.0.0.50
device for hp3380-black: ipp://10.0.0.2/printers/hp3380

== Installed versions of important printing packages ==
ii cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu8 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 printer drivers for CUPS
ii foo2zjs 20061224-0ubuntu3 Support for printing to ZjStream-based print
ii foomatic-db 20070327-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - database
ii foomatic-db-engine 3.0.2-20070303-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - programs
ii foomatic-db-hpijs 20070327-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - database for
ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20070323-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - filters
ii gnome-cups-manager 0.31-3ubuntu5 CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME
ii gs-common 0.3.11ubuntu1 Common files for different Ghostscript relea
ii gs-esp 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpreter - ESP
ii gs-esp-x 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpreter - ESP
ii hpijs 2.7.2+1.7.3-0ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS drive
ii hplip 1.7.3-0ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.18.0-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture - runtime f
ii min12xxw 0.0.9-1build1 Printer driver for KonicaMinolta PagePro 1[2
ii openprinting-ppds 20070327-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - PostScript PP
ii pnm2ppa 1.12-16 PPM to PPA converter

Created with printingbuginfo script v1.5 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrintingBugInfoScript)
Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:29:02 +0200

[casfindad (caseyfmail-linux)]

I can confirm that this bug exists in my AMD64 Kubuntu 7.10 installation. It occurs in both kpdf and acroread (v8.1.1), when I try to print a variety of pdf documents on two different printers. Collation appears to work fine when printing odt or html files. I'm attaching an example of the problem. (BTW, the attached pdf is in landscape format, and kpdf and acroread also refuse to print pdfs in landscape format. This additional bug is already reported (Bug#47649).)

[casfindad (caseyfmail-linux)]

I can also confirm that this bug exists in Ubuntu 7.04 for PPC. PDF files printed from Evince will not collate when the option is checked, but odt files printed from OOo Writer will.

[TerryG (tgalati4)]

Marking as Confirmed as two others have the same problem with collation.