[Xprint] GISWxprint-sparc-2004-07-07-release_009_001 Prints too large

[Aleksander Adamowski]

Sebastien wrote:

>On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 18:45:38 -0400, Donzi Guy <donziguy at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>it using lp -d print-server:printer.  Printing from mozilla using xprint
>>works, except that only about 1/4 of the page is printed on a us-letter
>>size page.  By that I mean that the page is too large and only about 1/4
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>Read http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html#printout_only_covers_1_4_of_the_paper
>and http://xprint.freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=772
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This problem will return again and again regardless of the FAQ, because 
most users will never even know the existence of the FAQ (especially 
when Xprint starts to be shipped with Linux distros by default).

This guy's printing system (CUPS) already supplies the needed info about 
the printer's parameters (the cupsGetPPD() function), and Xprint _could_ 
extract that information in addition to model configs. I can see in 
practice that almost all Xprint users use the deafult, one-size-fits-all 
model-config, and even though I know how to change mine, I don't do that 
because it:

    * printer -> model-config map sits in a very strange location as for
      a config file
      (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/C/print/attributes/printer in my case)
      and is likely to be wiped out with next system upgrade
    * i already have the needed information on my system (in the CUPS)
      and I believe that I shouldn't have to create redundant
      information WRT printers on my system

The only proper solution is to make Xprint use CUPS information if it is 
available to supplement the model-config info. The CUPS information 
should override any model-config settings as it is most probably always 
more accurate.

The bug about this is in Bugzilla:
http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5355

If I just had the skill and internal knowledge of Xprint needed to fix 
it... Which unfortunately I don't.

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  Aleksander Adamowski
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