Hi :) Is there some way of rolling out the paper size to all documents or is it now fixed in them all and needs changing for each and every document?
If MSO is picking up on the correct paper-size then i guess the correct drivers are there. Regards from Tom :) On 21 May 2014 14:27, Jim Seymour <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 20 May 2014 23:13:11 +0100 > Brian Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > >Scenario: Just yesterday our Canon copier/printers were swapped out > > >for newer models. (It didn't go as smoothly as was promised.) Now > > >one of my users cannot print to 11x17 paper. That's on a Win7 box. > > > > Was the correct printer driver for the new printer installed on each > > PC? > > Well, it was on this particular user's PC. And on mine. > > > > [snip] > > > > You may be suffering from Worditis. Unlike Microsoft Office, which > > treats page size as a matter solely for printer settings, LibreOffice > > - more sensibly, in my opinion - treats page size as an aspect of > > page format. If you want to print a 11" x 17" page, you will first > > have to set the page to that size at Format | Page... | Page | Paper > > format | Format. > > > > I trust this helps. > > Nope. At least that formatting "sticks," but it makes no difference. > > Interestingly: I can go to "Printer Settings...", "Properties..." and > set the page size to 11x17. And it sticks. But "Print -> Properties" > keeps reverting to 8.5x11. > > I've tried upgrading to 4.1.6. No help. I deleted C:\Documents and > Settings\username\Application Data\LibreOffice (and OpenOffice). No > joy. > > Saved it as a .docx. Brought it up in MS-Word 2007. Print -> > Print -> Properties (same dialogue). Set to 11x17. Checked it. > Setting stuck. Clicked "Ok" > > Printed 11x17, right off. No muss. No fuss. > > Being as users need to print engineering prints, large spreadsheets and > the like: If I cannot work around this, LibreOffice will be out of here. > > Just when I was making headway, too :( > > Regards, > Jim > -- > Note: My mail server employs *very* aggressive anti-spam > filtering. If you reply to this email and your email is > rejected, please accept my apologies and let me know via my > web form at <http://jimsun.LinxNet.com/contact/scform.php>. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
