From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 03:33:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9C4910656A8 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:33:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D9048FC14 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:33:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-101-5.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.101.5] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oo6V4-0006oS-P2 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:18:08 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:33:34 -0700 Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:33:34 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100825033334.GK2236@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100824204552.GA70395@guilt.hydra> <20100824225829.GA70716@guilt.hydra> <20100825002801.GJ2236@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ai3I8gwHc37+ASRI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: printing outside browser cuts off top and bottom of page X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:33:40 -0000 --ai3I8gwHc37+ASRI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Warren Block on Tuesday, 24 August 2010: > On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Chip Camden wrote: > >Quoth Warren Block on Tuesday, 24 August 2010: > >>As Chip Camden noted, it could be a problem with the printable area not > >>being correct. CUPS should get that information from a PPD file--I > >>think. Do you have the correct PPD installed...er...wherever it should > >>be installed? Or maybe that's automatic, and you just need to set CUPS > >>to the right printer. > > > >From the CUPS help, this appears to be what needs specification: > > > >http://localhost:631/help/api-ppd.html?QUERY=3Dprintable area#ppd_size_s > > > >How you get to that, I'm not sure. > > > >`lpr -o fit-to-page` didn't help, so I'm reasonably certain that CUPS > >thinks the page size is the full sheet. >=20 > It appears that PPDs are stored in the reasonably-named=20 > /usr/local/etc/cups/ppd. There's a PPD for the LJ4050 in=20 > print/foomatic-db... >=20 > And it has > *ImageableArea Letter/Letter: "12.24 12.06 599.76 780.06" >=20 > 12-point margins on that printer sound about right. Mine had 18 and 36 for the first two (for an OfficeJet 7310). I tried doubling them but that didn't seem to make a difference. Did I need to restart something to get that to take effect? --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --ai3I8gwHc37+ASRI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMdI8OAAoJEIpckszW26+RzFUIAJnFGLaPag00I5x2/P6D/v3F vP1V0EVJCIdeaDgFexqQhzFldGRFt9rjjAFyDeRHCHZt7r6YftOCkmSr5/SRtRhq 1DoxksrvUjfWtYRoPhpGw8iIed/4HzjiHwoUNNPDUG2gM6ww+Ex5C8NNoNUZ1NX+ HtYAtGrY97htb7Wu+mJMAmuUImEnTzRxaSqE703uEDFvAZeN+XkL8WnCLNpB7tew oYl9Q6oNB4ND3m8Ymee8/afl25yY+KN4v/gSzgAzA1t4zt1RQU1fvw2cud+LlOSn 4oODEjSzCDtXeCNWjxxGSHNLmQMQ4fRuMz4ejPDmSIEQTjTFYEG8Gk/FBdWoDsQ= =TE6v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ai3I8gwHc37+ASRI--