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version: 4.3pre13 using Java 1.5.0_12
on Windows XP

The printer properties dialog box is disabled. I can select and print to any of the network printers here, but I can't adjust any properties.
4 hardware networked printers (HP, Xerox, ...)
2 soft local printers (Primo PDF, MS XPS)

Selecting other printers from the list does not change the button status.

I saw a similar bug listed from 2002 as a "Java" bug. If this is still the case - please suggest a program I might try to test & verify that is true.

thanks.

Submitted nick_c - 2008-04-23 20:13:15 Assigned daleanson
Priority 5 Labels editor core
Status pending Group minor bug
Resolution invalid

Comments

2009-12-30 09:14:31
ezust

I can confirm this also, on Java 1.6.0_16 and Jedit 4.4pre1.
I am not sure how to resolve this yet, since I am not familiar with the printing API.

2016-08-09 06:07:47.324000
daleanson

- **assigned_to**: Dale Anson
- **Group**: --> minor bug

2016-08-09 06:07:47.738000
daleanson

I realize this is an old bug, but I wonder if the original submitter could list what printer properties are needed? I'm in the middle of reworking/updating the jEdit printing code, and am adding support for quite a few printer properties that the default, out-of-the-box printer dialog doesn't support.

I've done some research into this, and it's definitely a Sun/Oracle bug. From the Sun source code:

~~~
// REMIND: may want to notify the user why we're
// disabling the button
~~~

It's disabled because no one bothered to create a dialog for the button to show.

2017-03-25 00:26:13.122000
rschwenn

- **status**: open --> pending-invalid

2017-03-25 00:26:13.465000
rschwenn

I think, this is irrelevant now, since jEdit 5.4.0 has it's own print dialog, isn't it?