Re: [libreoffice-users] brochure printing

On 07/10/15 12:56, Regina Henschel wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Mike Scott schrieb:
> [..]
> > Unfortunately I don't seem to have any choice in the matter. Whatever
> > page size I set (format|page) is /always/ transferred automatically to
> > printer settings, and shows up there greyed out and unchangeable. When I
> > set 'brochure', the format changes to landscape, and the paper size
> > stays the same, with the contents printing scaled down. This is with
> > 5.0.1.2 BTW.
> >
> >
> > (The printer itself isn't an issue, btw; but thanks for the thought.
> > I've long since worked out which way to twist things between out and in
> > trays to make double-sided come out right!!)
>
> Do you work on Windows? If not, then printing is more difficult. You
> might need a Linux or Mac user then to help you.

Sorry; should have mentioned this is on linux (Mint qiana). I rather 
assumed the problem would be OS-independent.

> Do you have got a setting to toggle between system print dialog and LO
> print dialog? (This option does not exist on Windows.)
>
> Do you now how to do an administrative installation? Then testing Lo5.1
> might be an options.
>
> You can try, export to pdf and use print dialog of Acrobat Reader, which
> is really good.

But not on linux :-)

I've a selection of ps and pdf tools available, which can help -- so I 
do have a workaround (although at present I'm working scaled-up and 
letting LO scale things down again).

But given LO has the brochure facility, it really ought to work 
consistently. If I can work out how without blowing the system apart, 
I'll perhaps try reverting to V4.x and see what happens.

(To answer another reply; multicolumn certainly has its uses, but can't 
re-order pages as needed.)

Thanks.

--
Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England

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