Flipping the image and subsequent print cause bad printout

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

Binary package hint: kfax

How to reproduce:

* Look at a fax
* notice that the luser faxed it upside down
* curse lightly
* Use "View" / "Flip page"
* Use "Print" (you can print to a PDF to see the effect!)

Notice that the printout is garbled.

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

Still there in kfax 3.5.6-0ubuntu1

[Olivier Vitrat (ovit-debian)]

Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages

This has been reported in Debian BTS at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=291352

- Open an TIF file containing an fax upside down
- Use "flip page" ("Seite umklappen") to see the page correctly
- go to print

What you get is an rather strange printout: The pixels are printed right to
left instead of left to right in small blocks of perhaps 8 Pixels.

rotating the image by 90 degree twice does result in the correct printout -
as rotating the paper after printing also does :-)

[Olivier Vitrat (ovit-debian)]

Created attachment 19946
PDF example

[Olivier Vitrat (ovit-debian)]

Created attachment 19947
TIF example

[Kurt Pfeifle (pfeifle)]

Confirming this bug.

Setting priority to "LO" (because: fipping works well for viewing on screen; printout in unflipped mode works without problem, and flipping the paper should be easy; flipping can be done in "kview" for TIFFs as well *AND* the printout of flipped TIFFs from kview works flawlessly...)

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

Still there in kfax 3.5.6-0ubuntu2

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

Found upstream bug:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=142871

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

Still there in kfax 4:3.5.7-1ubuntu2

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

Still there in kfax 4:3.5.7-1ubuntu6

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

Still there in kfax 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu1

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 alpha?

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

There is no kfax 8.10 alpha.
Which kfax are you talking about? The one from KDE 4.x in Ubuntu 8.10 oder KDE 3.x in Ubuntu 8.10?

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

This is just great, I checked packages.ubuntu.com to find:

Package kfax

hardy (graphics): G3/G4 fax viewer for KDE [universe]
4:3.5.9-0ubuntu1: amd64 i386

hardy-backports (graphics): G3/G4 fax viewer for KDE [universe]
4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1: amd64 i386

intrepid (graphics): G3, G32, and G4 fax viewer for KDE 4 [universe]
4:3.5.9really3.3.6-kde4.1.1-0ubuntu2: amd64 i386

So, the package in intrepid is actually OLDER than hardy-backports.

The version I have here is:
ii kfax 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1 G3/G4 fax viewer for KDE

The bug is still present in 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu1~hardy1

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

The version in Intrepid is really 3.3.6, which is the version distributed with KDE 4.1.1.
The one in hardy backports is an older version that was shipped with KDE 3.5.10.
Could you test with the Intrepid package?

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

Installed http://de.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe kfax 4:3.5.9really3.3.6-kde4.1.2-0ubuntu1
Flipped a page, printed it, alas: Prints only a blank page. Dunno why that is, but I switched to GNOME to keep my sanity.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf-hildebrandt)]

Please point out the missing information. I provided the info, and the error is still there.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Excuse me. The "3.5.9really" part version threw me off.

[xteejx (xteejx)]

Development of kfax was abandoned by KDE approx 2-3 years ago, and hasn't been touched since, therefore, unfortunately this bug will have to be closed as I don't see any chance of this ever being fixed. I'm sure there is a suitable replacement in the Ubuntu repos, if not file a new bug report requesting it, or if you can find an open-source version of something like kfax (with source-code) that we don't already have, I'm sure someone can package it up for us.
Thank you again for reporting this to us, and sorry we couldn't help any further.

[Andrew-crouthamel (andrew-crouthamel)]

Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been
unmaintained for many years and I will be closing this bug.