Yes, the problem does not exist when printing from a pdf file. The problem exists only when printing directly to a printer from LO Writer.
On Tue, 2014-07-15 at 07:00 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote: > Hi. > I had this in opensuse 12.2. In File>print or printer settings under > device you can choose to output in PDF or postscript. > PDF was the default and caused me problems, changing to postscript fixed it. > steve > On 2014-07-15 06:54, Harvey Nimmo wrote: > > Thanks for your reply, Tom. My OS is OpenSuse 13.1 (Linux). > > > > Yes, there was a mismatch between one of my printers and its default > > setting in the OS. Oddly, this may account for the 'font' error where > > some characters in the pdf file were printed wrongly. I corrected the > > default format for that printer and the 'print to file' error seems to > > have been corrected (explain that one!). > > > > But...the basic problem persists: that printing the page(s) directly > > from LO Writer (whether I print the 2-page document (with its page break > > switch) or just the landscape page alone with the printer set to > > landscape from the start) always renders the landscape page in portrait > > (on both printers). > > > > Can't find the knob to turn...many pages and much ink later ;-( > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2014-07-14 at 18:47 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) > >> Most printers seem to be hard-coded to leave a 4-5mm "white-space" > >> border at the edge of pages so if you encroach into that then you'll > >> lose some of what you are printing. The Pdf route probably attempts > >> to shrink the whole image a little to account for that. > >> > >> > >> If LO is set to A4 but the Operating System is set to "US Letter" that > >> might explain some of the other issues. Err, or the other way > >> around. > >> > >> > >> Are you using Xp or Win8 or Ubuntu or Mac or which OS? Knowing that > >> might help others here to set-up the right configs in that and in LO. > >> Do other documents (or the same ones) have problems in other programs? > >> LO does seem to have something odd about it's printing configs but > >> hopefully people here can help! > >> > >> > >> Good luck and regards from > >> Tom :) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 14 July 2014 16:43, Harvey Nimmo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I apologise from the start if the subject of this thread has > >> already been > >> thrashed to death in this forum. I guess I pay detailed > >> attention to > >> what is going on only when it affects me directly! > >> > >> LO Version: 4.1.6.2 on OpenSuse 13.1 > >> > >> I want to print a two-page A4 document, the first page being > >> portrait > >> the second landscape. The pages are separated by a page break > >> so that LO > >> Writer displays them properly. On printing these two pages I > >> face two > >> problems > >> 1) the second (landscape) page is printed in portrait with the > >> text on > >> the right being cut off > >> > >> > >> In fact, the problem is even more primitive: it seems that LO > >> refuses to > >> print any page formatted in landscape. > >> > >> 2) the page margins (default 2x2x2x2 cm) are not respected. At > >> least the > >> top margin is ignored (= 0 cm) on the printed page. The left > >> margin > >> seems OK, if a bit tight (=1.9 cm) > >> > >> > >> Two different printers (one Brother, one HP) both give me a > >> similar result, > >> confirm that the problem seems to lie with LO. > >> > >> If I print the document to a pdf file, the result looks > >> perfect on the > >> screen, and indeed, with respect to the two problems above, > >> even the > >> > >> printed result looks OK. However, since the characters printed > >> out on paper > >> are not all identical to those in the pdf file, depending on > >> the choice > >> > >> of font, I have decided to abandon the 'print to file > >> alternative' for > >> the time being, to concentrate on the direct printing variant. > >> > >> > >> Can anyone tell me what is going on in LO Writer and what the > >> solution > >> could be? > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Harvey > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users > >> [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
