From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 051101389E2 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 2014 17:14:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 288C4E0CFE; Sun, 7 Dec 2014 17:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail142c7.megamailservers.com (mail773.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.83]) (using TLSv1.1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0ECF8E0967 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 2014 17:13:54 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin@sys-concept.com X-VIP: 69.49.109.100 Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail142c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id sB7HDp1a011175 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 2014 12:13:53 -0500 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D7C2720244C; Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:14:09 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:14:09 -0700 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Print PDF or PS files Message-ID: <20141207171409.GA10363@syscon7> References: <20141207030036.GA19382@syscon7> <8CD9092D-6F93-4B9E-B2E1-0612590C1A65@antarean.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8CD9092D-6F93-4B9E-B2E1-0612590C1A65@antarean.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020206.54848AD1.0144,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.1 cv=aZZYw3Yt c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=SDcUNfBxAAAA:8 a=BDKbP5mgAAAA:8 a=Unq3plm5DvEA:10 a=M1kyBYkWWGkA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=A92cGCtB03wA:10 a=LTqJm498DG9KlbCgDwQA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 X-Origin-Country: CA X-Archives-Salt: b5edb4f6-e6fb-48b0-bba8-6f84aaac236a X-Archives-Hash: 91b54e7a13113818efb59912e8494f5d On 12/07/14 14:49, J. Roeleveld wrote: >On 7 December 2014 04:00:36 CET, Joseph wrote: >>In: XFCE4 home folder menu: Edit -> Configure Custom Action >>I have entered: Print PDF or PS files >>command: lpr %N >> >>However, the above command: lpr %N is only good if the PDF or PS files >>have standard Letter size format. >>If a PDF/PS file contains pages that are different sizes or rotated the >>output doesn't looks good. Print is cut off etc. >> >>I have to open the file with "evince" and print it. I was trying to >>sent a print job via "evince" without opening the file form a commands >>line, but I don't >>think it is possible. >> >>I've "Adobe Reader 9" but I can not even print correctly standard >>documents, something is messed up; the orientation is not correct. > >If you want this done consistently, look for a CLI method to consistently force the papersize and orientation. >Then add that into the commandline part for the menu option. > >I can't help you with that part as I don't have that particular requirement. >Both Adobe Reader as well as the printer itself are capable of printing PDFs I want on paper. I was googling and there is no solution to it, it seems. I have documents that I print frequently that have mixed pages, landscape/portrait and printing it correctly from command line is not possible. -- Joseph