Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Letter page format size prints portrait pages as landscape on OS X

On 07/31/2017 11:02 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On Mon Jul 31 2017 08:54:37 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time),
> Tim-L--Elmira-NY <webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
> > I bought the wide format printer to print 11 by 17 inch newsletters. I
> > use to take letter size pages to a printing service for them to make
> > them for me.  Usually it took 3 or 4 Tabloid Sheets [12 or 16 letter
> > size faces] to have everything needed for the content I/They needed.
> So, how do you handle the problem of LO not being able to print directly
> to Tabloid size paper?
First I go to the Printer's driver options and set my wide format 
printer for Tabloid.


Second go to Files>Printer settings. Define the default printer to be 
used - i.e. my wide format printer - by defining the page size is linked 
to the printer's page size.

Third, I have the Writer options set up for using the paper size that is 
currently indicated by the printer. Checking the Writer Print option 
from Tools>Options>Writer does help only if you define the page size and 
use the printer that has that paper size loaded.  When you do these 
things, your page size should automatically format itself to Tabloid.  I 
just went through the process to remember how to do this.

Since my printers are for different "jobs" I have them defined differently.

HP Officejet 7000 is set for tabloid, thought I do define it to 13x19 
when needed.

Laserjet 2300dn uses letter size about 95% of the time.  Legal size is 
also used but not much.

Canon MG6220 general inkjet printer with the bottom tray white letter 
sheets, and the rear tray uses either Photo stock or colored paper.

Canon TS9020 [newest] has white letter sheet in the bottom tray and the 
rear tray is defined as photo sheets.  When I load paper into that 
printer, I must define the paper that loaded - i.e. plain paper or photo 
paper.

This works for all of the printers most of the time, except when needed 
borderless printing. The it can be hit or miss.  That is why I tend to 
create the PDF file so Linux's Document Viewer does the print option.  
It does show Borderless Letter and Tabloid page sizes.  I forget which 
PDF viewing package I use for Windows 10.

So, unless I need to change the paper sizes - like B Borderless 11x17 to 
SuperB Borderless 13x19 - this works out most of the time. Make sure the 
printer margins and the document's margin are compatible. The Officejet 
has a weird problem of a 1.5 inch bottom margin even though the top 
works with 0.25 inch margin.  That is another reason I use the PDF 
copy.  Most of the time the SuperB borderless paper setting can correct 
that issue.

Still it does work out most of the time.



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