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On Thursday, 21 December 2017 21:24:57 GMT Jack wrote: |
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> I may be grabbing at straws here, but what happens if you print |
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> something in landscape? Is the trimmed edge the new top (long edge) or |
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> still the same short edge? |
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Aha! Good call. In landscape the cropping takes place on the left (short) |
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edge, not the top of the page. |
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> Does the same happen with other apps? browser, emacs, gimp (just make |
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> a simple line drawing), pdf display, image viewer, ...? I'm thinking |
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> of printing things that originate as different image types - maybe one |
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> will behave differently and point to something in the process. Can you |
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> send a plain text file to the printer with lp? |
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I sent a page with Chromium in landscape, it cropped the left hand short edge |
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too. |
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PDF readers print with cropped top, in portrait. |
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I sent a txt file with 'lpr -o fit-to-page' in portrait and the same cropping |
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on the top of the page happens. |
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So it is not application specific, but page orientation specific. |
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Could it be something has gone wrong with the rollers? This is a brand new |
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printer! |
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I'll try to print a page with MSWindows tomorrow, if only to prove if this is |
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a cups problem or not. |
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Thanks for your suggestions! |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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