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6c89837541 fix: print: read lpstat untranslated so printers show on non-English macOS (#101)
* Print: read lpstat untranslated so printers show on non-English macOS

On a Mac whose interface language isn't English, the Print dialog
listed no printers. `lpstat -p -d` follows the UI language (here
Polish: "drukarka … jest bezczynna", "domyślny cel systemowy: …"), and
parse_lpstat only knows the English "printer " and "system default
destination:" prefixes, so it matched nothing.

- lpstat now runs with LC_ALL=C and LANG=C, which is enough on Linux.
  macOS CUPS ignores both and follows AppleLanguages unless SOFTWARE
  is set, in which case it uses LANG, so SOFTWARE is set too.
- New test: localized output parses to nothing, and the command sets
  all three variables.

Checked on macOS with a Polish UI: only SOFTWARE=1 LANG=C gives English
output, and the dialog now lists every printer with the right default.
lp's error messages stay localized; they are shown, never parsed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Use the PdfCraft name in lpstat's SOFTWARE variable

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <echelon@gmail.com>
2026-10-07 21:12:45 -04:00
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2026-10-07 16:03:57 -04:00

pdfcraft-print

Layer L4: printing (execution plan M10.5).

let pages = select_pages(count, Some("1-3, ii, 9-"), &labels, Subset::All, false)?;
let settings = Settings { pages, paper: PAPERS[0].1, layout: Layout::multiple(4), ..Default::default() };
let sheets = layout(&display_sizes, &settings)?;   // geometry only (previews)
let pdf = impose(&doc, &settings)?;                // the print-ready PDF
spool::submit(&pdf, &spool::Job { printer: None, copies: 2, ..Default::default() })?;
  • Size: fit (to the sheet minus an 18 pt margin), actual size, shrink oversized, custom %; centred; auto orientation turns the sheet for landscape pages.
  • Multiple: 2/4/6/9/16 (or any n) pages per sheet, horizontal/vertical (reversed) order, page borders, auto-rotation of pages that don't match the cell.
  • Booklet: saddle-stitch imposition padded to a multiple of 4; both sides, front or back only; left or right binding.
  • Poster: tile scale, overlap shared by neighbouring tiles, cut marks.
  • Comments & forms: document, + markups, + stamps, or form fields only; annotations print only with their Print flag, drawn from their appearance streams (Algorithm 8.1).

Each source page becomes a Form XObject (its content wrapped in q/Q, plus the printable annotations); sheets place them with a clip. The result is a fresh, unencrypted, garbage-collected file (callers check the print permission).

spool talks to CUPS (lpstat -p -d, lp with copies, collation, duplex and monochrome options). Other platforms report that printing to a printer isn't available yet; the print-ready PDF can always be saved.

Not yet: Windows and web spoolers, print as image, poster labels, PostScript output, colour conversion for grayscale.