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* Re: [gentoo-user] What can cause printer to crop top of page?
  @ 2017-12-21 17:01 99% ` Jack
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From: Jack @ 2017-12-21 17:01 UTC (permalink / raw
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On 2017.12.21 09:20, Mick wrote:
> I've been using a Brother "HL-3140CW" model with the  
> net-print/brother- hl3140cw-bin-1.1.4 driver from the brother-overlay.
> 
> Since I moved to profile 17.0 (I think) pages are being cropped at  
> the top when printing from various applications (LOWriter, Okular,  
> etc.) on different PCs.
> 
> In LOWriter I had to set a 35mm margin at the top, to be able to get  
> just 13mm at the top of the physical A4 paper, before the top line of  
> text is printed.
> 
> I have used the Plasma systemsettings5 for printers as well as the  
> http GUI of the printer to see if anything is amiss, but I can't find  
> anything I can change to restore the page alignment as it was a  
> couple of weeks ago.
> 
> The OEM online help pages suggest to adjust the margins on the  
> application you're are printing from.
> 
> Any idea what has brought about this change and how I may be able to  
> revert it?  Have you noticed anything similar?

It sounds to me like a possible A4/USLetter issue.  Can you confirm  
that both LOWriter (and other apps) and cups (or whatever is driving  
the printer) are both set to A4?

Jack

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