From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 26 06:31:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDA111065695 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:31:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com) Received: from mail.r-bonomi.com (ns2.r-bonomi.com [204.87.227.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B528FC16 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:31:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from bonomi@localhost) by mail.r-bonomi.com (8.14.3/rdb1) id o7Q6V6v8023918 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:31:06 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:31:06 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi Message-ID: <201008260631.o7Q6V6v8023918@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing outside browser cuts off top and bottom of page X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:31:55 -0000 > From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Aug 24 16:31:11 2010 > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:31:29 -0700 > From: Chip Camden > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Re: printing outside browser cuts off top and bottom of page > > > --ZYOWEO2dMm2Af3e3 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Quoth Chad Perrin on Tuesday, 24 August 2010: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 02:04:32PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > >=20 > > > I'm not seeing that here, but I don't have a PDF that prints data in the > > > margins. If you have one, can you email it to me? > >=20 > > I don't think it prints to the margins, per se. > >=20 > > I also know that it's not particular to the printer, since my > > girlfriend's laptop (running Ubuntu) prints the same PDF just fine. > >=20 > > I'll send the specific PDF I've been trying to print lately, off-list. > >=20 > > --=20 > > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > > Well, if it makes you feel any better, it does the same thing here > (truncates top and bottom). > > Looks like CUPS is addressing the page as if there were no unprintable > areas on the page (i.e., it's scaled to fit an 8-1/2 x 11 piece of paper > exactly) rather than squeezing it into the printable area. I'm afraid I > don't know enough about CUPS to say any more. What are the chances that that those 'problem' PDFs are designed for a slightly _different_ paper size, and CUPS is -nto- 'scaling' to fit the actual paper size? I don't know diddly-squat about CUPS, but this sounds an awful lot like what happens when a printer has 'letter' paper loaded, but has been told that it has size 'A4' paper. Look for configuration settings in whatever is doing the Postscript/PDF rendering, with regard to 'substiting' one paper size for another.