On 30 October 2013 07:27, Albert Astals Cid <aa...@kde.org> wrote: > El Dimecres, 23 d'octubre de 2013, a les 08:51:50, Bernard Gray va escriure: >> Hi Albert, >> Thanks for the quick response - >> >> On 23 October 2013 04:19, Albert Astals Cid <aa...@kde.org> wrote: >> > El Dimarts, 22 d'octubre de 2013, a les 16:42:42, Bernard Gray va > escriure: >> ... >> >> >> My Issue (in detail): >> >> When I print pdf documents from Okular with content that reaches the >> >> edge of the paper, the edges are being cut off due to the printer not >> >> being able to do edge to edge printing. The page should be shrunk to >> >> fit within the printable area reported by the printer. >> >> I have created some test documents doing both height and width >> >> "oversizing". I've then used Okular, Evince and Adobe Acrobat Reader >> >> to open and send them to printers (HP Colour Laserjet 3700 and Xerox >> >> DocuCentre IV C3370 - ie low and high end printers, completely >> >> different drivers). >> >> In all cases, printing from okular cuts off any edges that extend >> >> beyond the printer's "printable area". >> >> In all cases, printing from evince and acroread shrink the document to >> >> fit the printer's "printable area" and provide the results I'm >> >> expecting. >> >> I've scanned my results as supporting evidence, you can find that here: >> >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9alWVS6_yz4RFRpR1RWRTFzMms/edit?usp=shar >> >> ing >> >> >> >> I've also uploaded the sample reference files[5] (created in, and >> >> exported to pdf from inkscape) >> >> >> >> I am running an up-to-date Ubuntu 12.10 with Okular reported as >> >> v0.15.5, and libpoppler28 v0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2 >> >> I have also tested (okular only) on the latest Ubuntu 13.10 release >> >> with Okular v0.17.2 and libpoppler43 v0.24.1-0ubuntu1, with the same >> >> incorrect results. >> >> >> >> My Offer: >> >> The bounty I'm offering is AUD$300 (USD$289.44 currently). It's not >> >> peanuts, hence the need to make sure it winds up attached to the >> >> correct bug, hence my post here :) >> > >> > I've actually wanted to fix this for a while since my new printer also is >> > somewhat stupid and can't print correctly in the whole page, but was never >> > very worried since i don't print much, now that you tell me 170 people are >> > going to use this I had a quick look and the patch seems "reasonably >> > easy". >> > >> > So unless someone around wants to do it *now* I'll try to find time in one >> > week time (I'm a bit busy at the moment) and code the fix. Instead giving >> > me the money you donate it to KDE itself via >> > http://kde.org/community/donations/ >> > >> > How does that sound? >> >> That sounds excellent! 1 week is a good turnaround - I'll need to >> backport it to my current version also, but I don't know how big a job >> this will be and will likely be back shortly after with a request for >> assistance (just warning) :-) > > Please have a look at > http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=okular.git&a=commit&h=5a1afc51e3bbe78cf9af2870ae41bf2eb79e7a64 > > Cheers, > Albert
Hi Albert, Backported, tested, confirmed working - in the unlikely case someone else is looking for an ubuntu 12.10 quantal backport for this bugfix, 32/64 bit packages/debian-ised source/patch etc can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9alWVS6_yz4dWhDWTlPem80WmM/edit?usp=sharing I'll arrange the donation later today - thanks again for the excellent service :-) Bernie _______________________________________________ Okular-devel mailing list Okular-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/okular-devel
