[kde-linux] Longstanding printing problems in KDE4

[Bruce Miller]

Anne, Thanks for the quick reply.

I have an HP printer. To the best of my knowledge, the non-printable areas on LaserJet printers have not changed since I first used the *_original_* LaserJet back in 1986. They are 0.5" on each of top and bottom and 0.25" on each of left and right (of a US Letter "portrait" page).

In order to be less harsh on trees, I set up a virtual PDF printer with CUPS. That is where I now test my printing problems with KDE. They occur there too.

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----- Original Message ----
From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>
To: For people using KDE on Linux with related questions/problems <kde-linux at kde.org>
Sent: Friday, November 7, 2008 3:03:49 PM
Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Longstanding printing problems in KDE4

On Friday 07 November 2008 19:29:23 Bruce Miller wrote:
> I have never been able to get a KDE 4 application to print correctly. 

<snip>

I use HP printers, and some time ago I had a conversation with one of their 
support team on the subject of headers.  I was finding that if I printed 2-up 
my headers printed correctly, but with 1-up I couldn't get headers.  He said 
that the way headers work in most printing jobs, any printer that has a 
minimum of 1/2" non-printable area will have that problem.  I can't remember 
the technical details, though he did explain it to me at the time.

I suspect that your printer falls into that category, as all mine up to this 
one have done.

Anne
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