On Monday 31 October 2016 14:24:50 Brian wrote: > On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 13:59:06 +0100, maderios wrote: > > On 10/31/2016 01:32 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > >On Monday 31 October 2016 11:57:45 Daniel Bareiro wrote: > > >>Hi, Lisi. > > >> > > >>On 31/10/16 08:07, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > >>>>"fit to page" function depends on printer driver settings, not > > >>>> printer software. > > >>>>You may change your cups/printer settings: > > >>>>http://localhost:631/ > > >>> > > >>>Where? In which section can you make the change you suggest? I > > >>> remember and have set a setting for turning pages if necessary, but > > >>> not one for fitting to printable area. > > >> > > >>Maybe it is a "lpr" option: > > >> > > >>https://www.cups.org/doc/options.html > > >> > > >>(See "Scaling to Fit") > > > > > >Thanks! That is helpful. If I hit the problem I'll look into doing it > > > that way. Evince worked last time I needed it to do so, and people are > > > saying that it still does. > > > > > >Lisi > > > > It depends on many paramaters, for example, postcript printer or not > > postscript. In my case, postscript printer, with applications like > > evince, firefox, etc..., printing works same way with CTRL+P, then > > choose -> page handling -> 'fit to printable area' or 'shrink...' or > > 'none...'. I think it is the same for non postscript. > > The nature of the printer does not matter. Scaling to Fit with the > "fit-to-page" option is a CUPS feature. It is passed on to the pdftopdf > filter of cups-filters and can be set with lpr or from those > applications which send a file directly to CUPS *without* any previous > manipulation of it. > > The 'fit to printable area' option in the print dialogs of GTK > applications such as evince is handled by the GTK printing subsystem > with Cairo. Cairo manipulates the file to achieve fitting the image to > the printable area *before* it gets sent to CUPS. > > Okular does not manipulate a file in an evince-like way. It sends the > CUPS "fit-to-page" option with every job, but, as observed, there is no > "fit-to-page" option in its print dialog to switch it on and off. This > is probably the subject of bug report somewhere.
Thanks for that, Brian. It is nice to have an explanation. Lisi
