10 years after the initial bug report and it looks like I'm experiencing the same bug.
In my case, I'm trying to print some pages that are 11" x 17" but it is received at the printer as US Letter size. I did confirm that /etc/papersize contains "letter", and changing that to "A4" also changes what is received by the printer. The print dialog confirms that 11x17 has been selected, but that's overwritten behind the scenes somewhere. Since 11x17 is a custom size in the print dialog, I'm not sure what I should put in /etc/papersize to make it work correctly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357732 Title: cups always prints with the default page size Status in GS-GPL: Invalid Status in cups package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in cups source package in Intrepid: Invalid Status in ghostscript source package in Intrepid: Invalid Status in cups source package in Jaunty: Fix Released Status in ghostscript source package in Jaunty: Invalid Bug description: After the upgrade to Jaunty some users experience that a part of the page is cut when printing, or other kinds of misalignment. (A fix is available, see below) Details: Cups does not print in any other page size than the one set in /etc/papersize, if the requested page size is specified as a job option rather than within the PS file. Pages are passed through "gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite ..." which sets the page size to the default page size. Yet, I don't know whether this is a bug in ghostscript or the intended behavior of ghostscript and a bug in cups. Since the upgrade to Jauny beta, I experienced that evince would shift a document up when printing. It is reproducible. I print in A4 on a Canon IR3170Ci. The printed output is translated up. The upper part of the contents in not visible. I also tried another printer driver (hpijs instead of post-script) and did not observe any improvement. Changing /etc/papersize from letter to a4 allows me to print in a4. Printing from evince also working fine in intrepid. To reproduce the bug: lpr -omedia=A3 testpage.ps There should not be a problem if the postscript file itself requests a page size. FIX: # (For simplicity, just paste this section to a terminal.) # Download the attached pstopdf and install it in /usr/lib/cups/filter/ cd /tmp wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25537150/pstopdf sudo cp pstopdf /usr/lib/cups/filter/ # Then change the permissions of the installed file: sudo chmod ugo+rx /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf # that's all. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gs-gpl/+bug/357732/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
