Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:04:32 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: printing outside browser cuts off top and bottom of page Message-ID: <20100824210432.GB2236@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20100824204552.GA70395@guilt.hydra> References: <20100824204552.GA70395@guilt.hydra>
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--NMuMz9nt05w80d4+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Tuesday, 24 August 2010: > I'm using CUPS on FreeBSD 8.0, and any time I try to print from outside > Firefox the top and bottom of a PDF gets cut off. I don't have any means > installed for printing a PDF from inside Firefox, but Webpages and the > CUPS test page print just fine from within the browser. For instance: >=20 > /usr/local/bin/lpr -P 4050N sheet.pdf >=20 > (using an HP 4050N printer) >=20 > This results in the top and bottom edge of the PDF getting cut off. I've > tried tweaking settings in GUI tools such as GtkLP to try to force it to > print the PDF at a smaller size on the page so it would fit within the > cut-off points, and it still prints exactly the same way. I've tried > adjusting margins in such GUI tools as well, to no avail. Trying to > print from Xpdf produces the same problematic results. >=20 > If there's a command line solution to this, I haven't encountered it. >=20 > Where should I start looking to figure out the problem? Unfortunately, > it looks like the FreeBSD Handbook only deals with lpd. >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] 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? I'm using CUPS, too, but printing to an HP OfficeJet 7310. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --NMuMz9nt05w80d4+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMdDPgAAoJEIpckszW26+RaOsH/0DlAJuE5To8IxLJKroGhSeW DcJVH5QPqoqvQC1qmrp1SY3sOjy9o7DIiBh67ZRDzR5vLP91LFY9qxEZmrIttq/N ECAcc0ZsLgHL8pKRwdwhushLr/gq2txnCJRdk4xOm1LtXarKYF/ERQlkwq2YgeFQ wTyT4GSL8ydgv60IYAx1uGqnRWTgIjtuFgHpcqHqS73LCCOLRDvIvhfPxzTIm8RR EEU1g8o7GVUVoALazgWGb9Yn8I4W0MgoOH1fv71seW8oETtgMhPlX4aQkbtHBcKB bbK9dEZ2UXdxcKCyLp3VTQkeeLJIHNdrQrplrfvHZ8F7KeSihDi63315D258xZE= =PbEv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NMuMz9nt05w80d4+--
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