Gerry, File a radar. Include the file or a sample project or whatever you can to help us duplicate. If this is a Cocoa bug, then you should be able to duplicate with a small sample app pretty quickly.
-raleigh On Jan 18, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Gerry Beggs wrote: > Just to follow-up (and clarify) my own problem: > > I have implemented NSDocument's printOperationWithSettings: method to kick > off the printing process when the user selects Print from the File menu. > > I am using the same NSView drawRect: method to display on-screen as when > printing. > The Print Preview in the Print Dialog always appears correct. > However, the final print output is appearing scaled down, either when > printing to paper, or to PDF. > > When the problem presents itself, the transformation of the CGContext is the > same when drawing the print preview as when drawing the actual output. That > is, it is scaled down, which explains why the output is small. > When the problem doesn't present itself, the transformation is the identity > transformation when drawing the actual output. > > > I've discovered that if I run my application as a 64-bit executable, the > problem goes away. > When running under 32-bit, the problem is consistent. > > Thanks for any help. > > On 2011-01-16, at 1:24 AM, Gerry Beggs wrote: > >> I've been having a problem with my application sometimes (but not always) >> printing the full page, but it appears VERY small in the lower-left corner >> of the page. >> >> I was having trouble reproducing it, but finally received a sample document >> from one of my users that let me reproduce it. >> Still, sometimes it prints correctly filling the page, other times, it >> prints scaled down in the lower-left corner of the page. >> >> I am using NSPrintOperation from an NSDocument to handle the printing >> operations. >> >> When trying to debug this issue, I examined the transformation from my >> view's drawRect method using CGContextGetCTM. >> I discovered something interesting: >> - When the printout appears scaled down, the transformation structure is the >> same as it is when the print preview image is rendered. >> - When the printout appears full-sized, the transformation structure is the >> identity matrix (ie. scale = 100%) >> >> >> Since the scale of the CGContext is the same when rendering the print >> preview as it is when rendering the full-sized page, this explains why my >> printouts are appearing very small in my output. >> >> Values 'a' and 'd' in the CGAffineTransformation structure indicate the >> scaling factor and for the print preview, it makes sense that it is scaled >> down for the print preview. But somehow, the transformation is not being set >> back to 100% scaling for the actual printing. >> >> I've looked for unbalanced CGContextSaveGState/CGContextRestoreGState calls, >> but they are all balanced. >> >> I've spent too much time trying to debug this. If anyone can give any ideas >> why my printouts are appearing scaled down, I would appreciate any help. >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> gbeg...@gmail.com http://www.GerrysCuppaTea.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/gbeggs1%40mts.net >> >> This email sent to gbeg...@mts.net >> > > -- > gbeg...@gmail.com http://www.GerrysCuppaTea.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/ledet%40apple.com > > This email sent to le...@apple.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
