GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 584345
when printing, the number of copies should be reset to 1 at each new GIMP session
Last modified: 2009-06-02 18:13:34 UTC
Currently, when printing, the number of copies to print is kept accross successive launchs of GIMP. So the careless user can print the same image multiple times whereas he only wanted a single copy. That's why the number of copies should be reset each time a new gimp instance is launched. Other information: This is better explained with an example: on monday, you realize some invitation cards, and you print 20 of them. Then you close gimp and do some other stuff. The next week, you want to print a photo of your baby for your grand mother. You open gimp to remove red eyes, and then print. But you didn't notice that gimp remembered the '20 copies' parameters, and you end up with 20 times the same photo. The number of copies should not be kept accross multiple gimp run, even accross multiple images opened with gimp in a same session. This is *never* useful in any scenario, because each project has its specific settings.
Hi! This requires discussion and thus should not be filed without prior discussion on the gimp-developer mailing list (see bug reporting guidelines on gimp.org). Generally, the best default value of any setting is the previously used value but I don't know what is best in this case.
Hi! Ok, so I let you and other discuss on the gimp-developer list.
Doesn't sound like this needs discussion. It is obviously a bug and needs to be fixed.
Fixed on master, will merge to the gimp-2-6 branch when time permits: commit af965d82ddfa3b5af0a786ab7e0a2a15df40c49b Author: Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org> Date: Mon Jun 1 20:02:19 2009 +0200 Bug 584345 – when printing, the number of copies should be reset to 1 at each new GIMP session Do not store the number of copies in the print-settings resource file, but keep it in the print-settings that are attached to the image. plug-ins/print/print-settings.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Merged to the gimp-2-6 branch and pushed. Closing as FIXED.