On Wednesday 15 February 2006 03:09 pm, Ross Johnson wrote: >From what I've read of this thread, you're saying the sheets print ok, > but they are overrunning one of the margins (left margin? - since > they're starting from the right you say). > > Just for fun, have you tried scaling down the pages that OOo prints? > In Calc: Format > Page > Sheet try scaling down to see if you can get > the page to print without cropping. This will at least determine if the > problem is fixable by some adjustment somewhere. What do you see? > > It may be that the drivers understanding of the printers margins, or > total printable area is not correct. If the total width is correct, but > the right margin is too far to the left, then it will crop at the left > margin, right? That sort of thing. > > >From memory (several years old now), deep down in CUPS there are config > > files for driver parameters that affect alignment. These are numbers > that can't be manipulated normally through the print admin tools. In the > past I've used some alignment test prints on HP lasers because the > default driver settings had trouble. I found these on the web at the > time but I couldn't locate them again just now. > > You could also see if TurboPrint has drivers that work for you. I think > they have time limited demo versions for download. > http://www.turboprint.de
I try to print on another Epson dotmatrix printer (this time with LX1170), and it seems that the behaviour is the same that it prints from the right side of the sheet to the left, but this time the margin is correct. The turboprint only supports color deskjet/inkjet printers. Thanks. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 17:05:18 up 9:22, 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4 GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
