Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 26 Oct 2007, Cauligi, Raghothama S wrote: >> Hi Anne, >> Browsers print the url and footer at the very top and very bottom. >> They should really query the printable area and position the headers >> and footers accordingly. 1/8th of an inch top margin seems to catch it >> though. >> Raghu >> > Thanks for the explanation. > > Anne >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne >> Wilson >> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 11:15 AM >> To: hplip-help@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Hplip-help] Another margin question >> >> On Friday 26 Oct 2007, Cauligi, Raghothama S wrote: >>> When you do 2-up, the upstream ps2ps or such is re-formatting the page >>> >>> and must be placing all printable data inside the physical >>> constraints. >>> To keep 1/8 inch top and bottom margin and still print on both sides, >>> you would have to do manul duplexing. From your app, select print odd >>> pages only, reload the paper with the printed side up and top of the >>> page towards the printer and print even pages. >> Are you saying, then, that I would only get the header and footer if I >> had 1/8" margins? If that's so, no wonder I never managed it :-) >> >> Anne >> >>> Raghu >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne >>> Wilson >>> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 9:16 AM >>> To: hplip-help@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: [Hplip-help] Another margin question >>> >>> <quoted from another thread> >>> When automatic double-sided printing is enabled, both top and bottom >>> margins are set to 0.5 in. >>> The auto duplexing hardware requires a 0.5 in bottom margin. The top >>> side of front page becomes bottom side on the back page (the duplexer >>> rotates page 180 degrees), so, we set both margins to 0.5 in. >>> </quote> >>> >>> My last printer was a 990CXi (now sem-retired), which couldn't print >>> closer then 0.5" anyway, so I used to use that as default. However, >>> when printing a web page I like to keep the url and date, etc., >>> showing in headers and footers. Using 2-up, even duplexed, I had no >>> problems whatsoever, yet for full-page, (duplex set as default) I >>> never could achieve it, no matter what margins I set. >>> >>> Any recommendations? >>> >>> Anne > >Anne,
should you use Firefox you can try with the margin setup in the printer options dialogue. In order to get proper "browser related" information printed on top and bottom, I had to increase the margins to 0.2, 0.2, 0.25, 0.25 there, from left to right. Kind regards Eberhard ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
