https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415985
--- Comment #46 from bruce.samha...@samhaber.ca <bruce.samha...@samhaber.ca> ---
(In reply to Michael Weghorn from comment #43)
> Hi Bruce,
>
> (In reply to bruce.samha...@samhaber.ca from comment #40)
> > The problem with the 11x17" paper and Okular is that Okular is only printing
> > to letter size (8.5x11") paper no matter what size paper is selected in the
> > Printer properties. The files that I am using have the paper size defined in
> > the files which Okular is not using.
>
> In my understanding, Okular *should* be using the paper size set in the
> print dialog ("Properties" -> "Page Size"). If it does not do so, that
> sounds like a bug. Can you attach your error_log from CUPS for a case where
> you explicitly selected 11x17 as page size in the print dialog and then
> printed from there. And also, can you attach a sample file of that size, so
> I can check what happens in my case?
>
> > Also, when I set the paper size in the
> > Printer Properties from Okular, then go to the Print Preview it really only
> > shows the difference between portrait and landscape with the image scaled to
> > fit the paper, the paper size is not indicated. In the Print > Properties
> > there is a preview image of the printout showing the orientation Portrait vs
> > landscape but it does not include the paper size or the object image on the
> > paper.
> > So it is never really clear what is going to be printed from the previews.
> >
> > Should I be opening a new Bug report for the above problem?
>
> The print "preview" shown in the print dialog after pressing "Properties"
> next to the printer's name (the "Page") in my case shows the Width and
> Height of the page just below the combobox in which the page size can be
> selected, s. screenshot in attachment 128611 [details].
> That "preview" (which doesn't show the actual content) is part of the Qt
> print dialog which Okular and other KDE applications use, so nothing that
> could be changed in Okular itself.
>
> As for the print preview in "File" -> "Print Preview", I don't think it
> takes into account any of the settings made in the actual print dialog,
> since those are only applied for the current printout, i.e. what is done
> when pressing "OK".
So both of the Print Previews mentioned do not show what is actually going to
be printed, so they are not previews at all rather print samples. A true print
previow would show the actual content, 1 page, scaled to the correct size as it
will be printed, with matching borders etc. I believe this used to exist in
much older SUSE distributions.
Bruce.
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