[SOLVED] AbiWord -- print/page range & print/selection

[skyhawk]

I am having a small problem with printing in AbiWord 2.6.8-3. Entire documents print when I select  "Print/"Page range ..." or "Print/Selection". I know these were unsupported features in very early releases of AbiWord, but should be supported now, if I am not presuming too much. This problem is not shared by Leafpad, so I know AbiWord is the culprit. I am running PCLinuxOS 2009.4 LXDE. My printer is an HP LaserJet P1006 (HPLIP installed). Has anyone else encountered this and found a workaround?

I also want to mention here that AbiWord can use OpenOffice label templates (OTT-files) to print mailing address labels, if the necessary plug-ins are installed. Many plug-ins are available in the repository. This feature could fill the needs of many users, who might otherwise feel forced to install OpenOffice or Glabels, just to be able to print address labels.

[old_guy]

skyhawk
I have AbiWord on a PCLOS 2007 fully updated, but the version is 2.8.1 (are you updated?). I selected pages 1-2 of a 5 page document and it printed fine.
Earl

[skyhawk]

Thanks for your reply. I have dial-up access only, so I am using a "static" (fixed) repository frozen at 2009-05-18. Those packages were transferred to USB flash drive from DVD. I have repository discs dated 2010-01-10 which I will be using to update sometime in the future. The newer AbiWord package might solve my problem. Due to my Internet connection, I do no online updating.

[skyhawk]

The printing problem I discovered with AbiWord 2.6.8 (bundled on the PCLinuxOS 2009.4 LXDE Live/Install CD) is a recognized bug, confirmed by a reply to a post to AbiWord User's Mailing List. I doubt if anyone reading this is still using version 2.6.8, as I am, but there is a workaround to this bug. If you have the AbiWord PDF plug-in installed, and have a PDF viewer installed, such as Adobe Reader, documents can be saved in AbiWord as PDF, then printed using the PDF viewer. "Print/Current page", "Print/Page ranges ...", and "Print/Selection" all work as they should when I print inside Adobe Reader 8. I am advised that the newest version of AbiWord has resolved this printing glitch. Fortunately, I also have "SoftMaker-Office 2008 Suite" installed, so I only need use AbiWord for printing address labels. AbiWord handles OTT-files, if the necessary plug-in is installed.

ADDENDUM: TextMaker (part of the SoftMaker-Office 2008 Suite) handles OTT-files very nicely, as well as ODT-files, so no need to use AbiWord at all.