[Kde-print-devel] [Bug 55072] Custom page size under kdeprint

[Thorsten Schnebeck]

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------- Additional Comments From thorsten.schnebeck gmx net  2005-10-06 09:19 -------
Printing on custom page size is a standard feature of cups/foomatic and kdepint (kprinter) does not have a GUI for this.

We use a roll printer, that can print max. 36"x90m so using a custom page size is the only workable option. Here is a code extract from a gutenprint ppd:

*MaxMediaWidth:  "2592"
*MaxMediaHeight: "129600"
*HWMargins:      15 30 15 30
*CustomPageSize True: "pop pop pop <</PageSize[5 -2 roll]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*ParamCustomPageSize Width:        1 points 597 2592
*ParamCustomPageSize Height:       2 points 419 129600
*ParamCustomPageSize WidthOffset:  3 points 0 0
*ParamCustomPageSize HeightOffset: 4 points 0 0
*ParamCustomPageSize Orientation:  5 int 0 0

So if a user select pagesize "Custom" he needs only a GUI with 2 textbox-widgets and for optimal support you have to compare the user input with MaxMediaWidth and MaxMediaHeight.

The corresponding announcement from Till of printing.org is from 2002(!)
http://www.linuxprinting.org/pipermail/inkjet-list/2002q4/000479.html

Meanwhile xpp GUI has support for custom paper size for a while.