If it's the expected behavior, then it's wrong or insufficient. You can call it a feature request but it's a pretty basic feature.
You _should_ be able to rescale a document to a different paper size when printing, without having to modify the document's properties. A pdf has a page size of its own too, yet when you print it with, say, Evince or Acrobat Reader, you can choose any paper size other than the document's own, and then decide whether to shrink/expand the document to the printable area or not, and whether to center it or not (it does lack the ability to choose a positioning, other than centering or aligning to top-left, which I reported to Evince btw) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1330222 Title: All paper options are unavailable when printing to pdf Status in “inkscape” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Steps to reproduce: File/print -> select "print to pdf" as the printer Go to the "Page Setup" tab Expected: the "Paper" options, such as paper size, should work Observed: they are sall greyed out and you can only print to a custom paper size equal to the paper size of the document. When you print to pdf with ANY other program, those options are available. Inkscape should allow you to choose a different paper size and offer the options to scale, center or move to place the printed document in whatever manner relative to the printing area. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: inkscape 0.48.4-3ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Jun 15 18:06:55 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (246 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) SourcePackage: inkscape UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (21 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/1330222/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
