https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118542
--- Comment #7 from [email protected] --- The printer imposes a 0.75" (approximately) start-point for the first page, so the 11" would end about 0.75" into the second page and so on (with the tractor and continuous forms, the remaining pages would start printing at the very top if the first page were were set up to 9.50" and no top or bottom margins). (This forced 0.75" top margin on the first page is why I set the bottom margin on the first page and the top and bottom margins on the subsequent pages to 0.75".) This greatly restricts the number of programs I can use to print multiple pages: most allow only one format for all pages, and produce the 0.75" offset. OpenOffice avoids the problem by allowing different formats for the first page and the subsequent pages -- and did this correctly up through 3.2. This problem began with 3.3, which (IIRC) was done before Apache acquired OpenOffice. As I said, the behavior is /as if/ my printer (or the class to which it belongs) was being singled out for special treatment. This means that the problem might be reproduceable on any dot matrix printer, or any dot matrix printer that has an unprintable area at the top, or it may be restricted to Panasonic printers, or just to the KX-P1624. Has anyone looked at the code to see what it is actually doing? It very likely is distinguishing between line-oriented and page-oriented devices, but is it checking the line-oriented devices further? Are there any comments about changes done for 3.3 that shed any light on the topic? And, no, I have not used endless paper. I have used a monthly report I prepare for my brother to test various formats, and I only began that last fall. Although this is irritating, it is something I can live with. I posted my update simply because, having done the work, I felt I should share it, since the results do tend to shed further light on what is happening. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the issue. You are on the CC list for the issue.
