On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Dale Snell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:00:28 -0700 > Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Status: > > > > I played with Document Viewer. With one of the documents I was able > > to get almost error-free printing. I shut off Auto center and > > rotate, chose Reverse Landscape, and scaled to 95%. The preview > > looked fine, but on printing a small amount was cut off on the right > > edge. With the other document I was unable to get even the preview > > to be reasonable. FWIIW, the most troublesome document is: > > > http://www.shimano.com/media/techdocs/content/cycle/SI/105/SI_1M30A/SI-1M30A-003-ENG_v1_m56577569830702207.pdf > > > > I have what I need, but it would be nice to understand what the > > difficulty is due to, since I expect that this is not the last time I > > will experience such a problem. > > I was able to print the PDF in the link with no trouble, using > Document Viewer v2.32.0. Check "Page Handling => Page Scaling" in the > Print dialog. Make sure it is set to "Shrink to Printable Area". It > sounds to me like you've got it set to "None". The page printed here > in landscape orientation, shrunk to fit an 8.5x11-inch page, with > nothing cut off. A bit small, but quite readable. > > Hope this helps. > > --Dale Thanks, it helps. There may be a small problem with my printer driver because some times a little of one edge or the other gets cut off--1/16 inch or so, but otherwise "Shrink to Printable Area" seems to be the key. I expect my long-suffering problems with pdf printing are going to be a thing of the past. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
