Steve, Great stuff. That did the trick! That was one knob that I hadn't tried, not exactly intuitive. (My printer configuration had been set to 'Automatic:PDF' which was evidently wrong). Problem solved. Many thanks.
Harvey On Tue, 2014-07-15 at 07:41 +1200, Steve Edmonds wrote: > Hi. > I am not meaning the printer selection but under properties and then > device, printer language type. > > > steve > On 2014-07-15 07:16, Harvey Nimmo wrote: > > > 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
