On Sun, 30 Oct 2016 12:47:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >On Sunday 30 October 2016 12:14:51 brian wrote: > >> Does anyone have any suggestions for a program which will print PDF >> files **scaling them to fit the page**. This last part is essential! A >> program which just did expansion to fit would be a good second best. >> >> What *doesn't* work :- >> >> Acrobat Reader: It does the 'fit to page' but the version I have >> (9.5.5) will not print a *single* copy of a file. If you ask it to >> print one copy, you get a popup with an lpr error message that you >> asked for zero copies. Ask for two copies, you get two copies... >> >> Okular: Prints single copies OK but doesn't have the 'fit to page' >> feature. >> >> I'm running 64-bit testing and XFCE, should anyone feel that's >> relevant. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brian. > >I have used evince for that for quite some time. > > >Cheers, Gene Heskett
Thanks everyone. I hadn't previously heard of evince, but I can confirm that it does do what's needed, and will print single copies. (Note to Brad Rogers - no idea why I see the problem and you don't, but it's 100% reproducible here.) Brian.
