Printing header in Firefox -

[Kam Leo]

On 1/31/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Bob Goodwin:
> > *Ok, after consuming about an acre of pulp wood I believe I have
> > identified the following:
>
> I know that feeling.  Even worse if you're using an inkjet, and the cost
> of that ink!
>
> > Page Setup under File allows me to adjust the distance from the top
> > of the sheet to where the first line of text is printed. 0.4 inches
> > [Top] seems to work.
>
> It's been ages since I tried this out.  But I was under the impression
> that Firefox's page setup let me set up how Firefox will print pages and
> info *inside* the printer's printable area margins.  The size of the
> inner border, measured from the border, not the edge of the page (a
> relative measurement).
>
> > File > Print > Properties allows setting of the distance from the
> > top of the sheet to the header line.  I set this to 0.1 inch [Top].
>
> I expect this to set the closest that anything can be printed to the
> edges of the page.
>
> > Printing a Footer seems hopeless, but then all I really need is the
> > URL of the source and that prints nicely in the header.
>
> Perhaps you need wider margins?  You mightn't be able to print as close
> to the bottom edge as you hope, or it just refuses to try.  You could
> try getting CUPS to print a test page, to see how close it gets.  The
> other thing that springs to mind is whether you've reversed over which
> margin is inside the other.
>
> > Page Preview may look good but bears only a slight resemblance's to
> > what the printer does.
>
> Hmm, yes, previews are rather poor on most browsers.  I get the
> impression that the application makes a guess, rather than using the
> printer driver to generate a raster for the screen to display.  Things
> like ″ character entities get a ridiculous length of blank space
> after them.
>

I wrote to the hplip-devel at lists.sourceforge.net last August regarding
the HP Officejet 6300 series PPD. The bottom margin in the PPD is set
at 0.5 inches; whereas, it is 0.12 inches in the User Guide. I have
yet to hear from them. I also have not checked to see if they fixed
the PPD. So check the HWMargin values in the PPD for your make of
printer. The values may be incorrect.