Can't print Legal size paper OO-3

Jim mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Wed Feb 18 13:29:26 UTC 2009


Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 18:24 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>   
>> Craig White wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 18:30 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:37:00 -0500
>>>> Jim wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> What is Wrong ??
>>>>>           
>>>> My theory is that OO printing is simply hosed. I've defined
>>>> a custom page size, and it has apparently ignored it. I looked
>>>> on the OO forums and saw lots of complaints there as well
>>>> about things like custom envelope printing not working.
>>>>         
>>> ----
>>> I'm not certain that your negative spin is all that helpful here.
>>>
>>>       
>> The feature doesn't work, I'm unsure what positive spin you can put on that. And 
>> I've seen a note that it doesn't work on A4 (or whater the "nearly letter size" 
>> format is).
>>
>>     
>>> Does programs other than OOo print on Letter or Legal size?
>>>
>>>       
>> Are you asking if there exist other programs which generate letter/legal output, 
>> or if output for those other programs works.
>>
>> I might suggest print to file and see if gv or similar Postscript viewers like 
>> the legal format output.
>>
>> NOTE: you do have to have the printer set for the correct paper size in CUPS, 
>> unless that's been improved. But sending "raw" Postscript to a PS printer with 
>> appropriate paper should work. I don't have my big workgroup HP set up at the 
>> moment, or I would try legal and 11x17 (which is why I bought an expensive printer).
>>     
> ----
> I'm quite sure that the Epson Stylus Photo RX595 is not a postscript
> printer and it would be helpful if you followed the thread a little
> closer.
>
> I was asking the OP to check if other programs offered letter & legal
> sizes when choosing to print to isolate whether this was an OOo issue. I
> thought that was fairly clear.
>
> I surely don't know whether the Epson Stylus Photo RX595 actually offers
> to print a legal size sheet since it is a photo printer, it seems
> conceivable that it is not an offered print size - I simply don't know.
>
> Craig
>
>   
Well it is in the new Gutenprint driver and printer does print a 81/2x14 
with that driver.




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