User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212 Upgraded from 1.1a to 1.3a Previous print commanf preference 'lpr -Plp9' lost, defaults to lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME} Also paper size reverts from A4 to letter Changed printer and paper size: prints OK but settings lost on subsequent reload of Mozilla Rubbish in prefs.js: user_pref("print. 8.27", " 8.27"); user_pref("print. 11.65", " 11.65"); user_pref("print.\\µÿ¿Ü:P7¦�¶@Ø÷q", "lpr -Plp9"); user_pref("print.\\µÿ¿Ü:ˆÅ¿�¶@PzÁ", "lpr -Plp9"); user_pref("print.\\µÿ¿Ü:˜£�¶@Ø÷q", "A4"); user_pref("print.printer_PostScript/default.print_edge_bottom", 4); user_pref("print.printer_PostScript/default.print_edge_left", 4); user_pref("print.printer_PostScript/default.print_edge_right", 4); user_pref("print.printer_PostScript/default.print_edge_top", 4); user_pref("print.printer_PostScript/default.p˜µÿ¿d¼i@PzÁXµÿ¿”µÿ¿�¶@PzÁ", true); user_pref("print.printer_PostScript/default.p˜µÿ¿d¼i@Ø÷qXµÿ¿”µÿ¿�¶@Ø÷q", true); user_pref("print.printer_PostScript/default.p˜µÿ¿¸½i@PzÁXµÿ¿”µÿ¿�¶@PzÁ", 1); user_pref("print.printer_PostScript/default.p˜µÿ¿¸½i@Ø÷qXµÿ¿”µÿ¿�¶@Ø÷q", 1); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.can_change_num_copies", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.can_change_orientation", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.can_change_paper_size", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.can_change_spoolercommand", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.has_special_printerfeatures", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.orientation.0.name", "portrait"); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.orientation.1.name", "landscape"); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.orientation.count", 2); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.0.height_mm", 210); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.0.is_inch", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.0.name", "A5"); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.0.width_mm", 148); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.1.height_mm", 296); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.1.is_inch", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.1.name", "A4"); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.1.width_mm", 210); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.2.height_mm", 419); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.2.is_inch", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.2.name", "A3"); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.2.width_mm", 296); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.3.height_mm", 279); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.3.is_inch", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.3.name", "Letter"); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.3.width_mm", 215); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.4.height_mm", 355); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.4.is_inch", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.4.name", "Legal"); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.4.width_mm", 215); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.5.height_mm", 253); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.5.is_inch", true); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.5.name", "Executive"); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.5.width_mm", 190); user_pref("print.tmp.printerfeatures.PostScript/default.paper.count", 6); Tried deleting all lines staring 'user_pref("print.' .. but same result Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Press print button 2. Press properties 3. Change print command to "lpr -Plp9" and paper size to A4; OK, OK 4 Prints OK. 5 Close and reopen Mozilla - new print command and paper size lost

bug 118563 is about papersize not being remembered.

so let's dup. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 118563 ***

FYI: print related rubbish in preferences was the issue in bug 185588, a fix was just checked in.