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
next prev 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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