<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt">I picked a page at random. The page that I tried to print 2-up was: http://www.linux.com/feature/151982<br><br>linux.com pages are not overly complex, although they do appear to make extensive use of frames. I printed the original format, not the "printer-friendly" version.<br><br>Konqueror spat out 21 sheets of paper. The two sheets that contained the actual article (2 x 2-up sheets == 4 "pages") showed a header but no footer.<br><br>Printing to the CUPS virtual PDF printer was equally unsuccessful. The output file was about 10K. evince refused to open; it said the file was damaged. Okular (the KDE part that renders PDF in Konqueror) identified the document as one page only and displayed what I believe was the last of the 21 sheets. acroread displayed the same.<br><div> </div>--<br>Bruce Miller,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br>bruce@brmiller.ca; (613) 745-1151<br><br><div>Traduttore traditore<div><br></div><div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson@googlemail.com><br>To: Bruce Miller <bruce@brmiller.ca><br>Sent: Friday, November 7, 2008 5:47:15 PM<br>Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Longstanding printing problems in KDE4<br><br>On Friday 07 November 2008 20:24:08 you wrote:<br>> Anne, Thanks for the quick reply.<br>><br>> I have an HP printer. To the best of my knowledge, the non-printable areas<br>> on LaserJet printers have not changed since I first used the *_original_*<br>> LaserJet back in 1986. They are 0.5" on each of top and bottom and 0.25" on<br>> each of left and right (of a US Letter "portrait" page).<br>><br>> In order to be less harsh on trees,
I set up a virtual PDF printer with<br>> CUPS. That is where I now test my printing problems with KDE. They occur<br>> there too.<br>><br>As a matter of interest, can you test a 2-up print? My old DJ990CXi had 1/2" <br>non-printing areas, but the headers printed on 2-up.<br><br>Anne<br></div></div></div></div></body></html>