Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer driver, page size and 3.4.4 in Lion

Apple has long supported CUPS which allows you to define paper sizes for 
print.CUPS

CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by 
Apple Inc. <http://www.apple.com/> for Mac OS^® X and other UNIX^® -like 
operating systems.

http://www.cups.org/index.php

I am a Linux Ubuntu user, not Apple. You will have to pay particular 
attention to any Apple OS versions.

I have done it for HP PhotoSmart Pro B9100 printer. It is not painless.

If I recall, you will have to find your printers PostScript Printer 
Description ("PPD") file.

_Make backup files first of anything you might change._
In several locations, there will be definition areas.  You will have to 
create those definitions and
then save the file.

I spent several hours getting comfortable with the material involved 
through Google.
Then copied and renamed and adjusted PPD file based on existing definitions.

Copying a definition closest to the size you want will definitely help, 
assuming it works the same.

Caveat: If the printer is not physically able, this will be of no use.

Good luck.


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On 1/3/2012 6:52 PM, Robert Peirce wrote:
> I have a 4x6 card I need to print.  In other apps I just select 4x6.  In
> LibreOffice I need to go into "Paper Handling", click "scale to fit
> paper size" before I can select the 4x6 size.  When I do that, the print
> size is reduced to the point of being almost unreadable.
>
> I want to select 4x6 without changing the font size.  In Preview and
> similar apps the page size is selected in the main print screen and you
> don't have to go into Paper Handling.
>
> I used LibreOffice (or OpenOffice) before to print these cards but now
> it isn't working.

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