[ale] Printing to non-standard papersizes

[David Corbin]

On Sunday 28 May 2006 11:41 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
> David Corbin wrote:

For the record, I'm running OO 2.0 and cups 1.1.23 

> Your print driver must support the paper size.  If you don't have a 4x6
> paper size to select from file->printer settings->properties->paper
> size, then it's just not going to print properly.  

I do this, but if go into that dialog again, it has not remembered the 
settings (unless they correspond to the system-wide default settings :))

> You also must set the 
> format->page->format properly.  You might get lucky by manually setting
> the width/height, but I doubt it.

And what if my paper size is not listed here?  I selected User and gave 
explicit dimensions.  The GUI seems to reflect this properly, but no luck 
when I print.  

> I had a similar problem trying to print to envelopes.  The driver did
> not have a #10 envelope paper size under the printer settings.   I ended
> up, through trial and error, selecting a combination of margin settings
> and width/height that worked, but I had to single feed the envelopes.  I
> upgraded my driver to the latest version and it had support for #10
> envelopes and all worked well then.
>
> > I hate to say it, but this is easy with MS products.  What's the trick
> > here?
>
> I hate to say it, but that kind of statement is close enough to a troll
> to not get you any help.  It's of no use, other than to piss someone
> off.  Is there really any reason to throw it in?

We all want Linux to work and be easy to use, I think.  IMO, it's worth noting 
when "the competition" does something better.