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From: Jack <ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What can cause printer to crop top of page?
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 12:01:09 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <JYG3657N.N4OJ5WVO.SKFP3RWE@QRXGSDAB.5YMGLHS4.WC22RRZN> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9349542.N0JEzlDTSJ@dell_xps> (from michaelkintzios@gmail.com on Thu Dec 21 09:20:32 2017)

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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-12-21 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-21 14:20 [gentoo-user] What can cause printer to crop top of page? Mick
2017-12-21 15:16 ` tuxic
2017-12-21 18:00   ` Mick
2017-12-21 17:01 ` Jack [this message]
2017-12-21 18:28   ` Mick
2017-12-21 21:18     ` Mick
2017-12-21 21:24       ` Jack
2017-12-21 22:35         ` Mick
2017-12-21 22:46           ` Jack
2017-12-21 23:01           ` Walter Dnes
2017-12-21 23:20             ` Mick
2017-12-22 16:30               ` Mick
2017-12-27 19:45                 ` [gentoo-user] Re: [was: What can cause printer to crop top of page?] /etc/papersize is ignored Mick
2017-12-27 23:53                   ` Mick
2017-12-28  6:14                   ` Taiidan
2017-12-29 13:51                     ` Mick
2017-12-29 13:57                       ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-12-29 14:30                         ` Peter Humphrey
2017-12-29 15:01                           ` Mick
2017-12-29 16:13                           ` Alan McKinnon
2017-12-29 16:45                             ` Wols Lists
2017-12-30  0:44                               ` Peter Humphrey
2017-12-30 12:55                                 ` Alan McKinnon
2017-12-30 14:32                                   ` Wols Lists
2017-12-30 15:33                                     ` Neil Bothwick
2017-12-31  2:26                                     ` Peter Humphrey
2017-12-31 10:34                                       ` Neil Bothwick
2017-12-31 11:11                                         ` Wols Lists

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