[Okular-devel] Printable area/Shrink to fit/Margin cut off issues, need help choosing an issue for freedom sponsors bounty

[Albert Astals Cid]

El Dimecres, 23 d'octubre de 2013, a les 08:51:50, Bernard Gray va escriure:
> Hi Albert,
> Thanks for the quick response -
> 
> On 23 October 2013 04:19, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
> > El Dimarts, 22 d'octubre de 2013, a les 16:42:42, Bernard Gray va 
escriure:
> ...
> 
> >> My Issue (in detail):
> >> When I print pdf documents from Okular with content that reaches the
> >> edge of the paper, the edges are being cut off due to the printer not
> >> being able to do edge to edge printing. The page should be shrunk to
> >> fit within the printable area reported by the printer.
> >> I have created some test documents doing both height and width
> >> "oversizing". I've then used Okular, Evince and Adobe Acrobat Reader
> >> to open and send them to printers (HP Colour Laserjet 3700 and Xerox
> >> DocuCentre IV C3370 - ie low and high end printers, completely
> >> different drivers).
> >> In all cases, printing from okular cuts off any edges that extend
> >> beyond the printer's "printable area".
> >> In all cases, printing from evince and acroread shrink the document to
> >> fit the printer's "printable area" and provide the results I'm
> >> expecting.
> >> I've scanned my results as supporting evidence, you can find that here:
> >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9alWVS6_yz4RFRpR1RWRTFzMms/edit?usp=shar
> >> ing
> >> 
> >> I've also uploaded the sample reference files[5] (created in, and
> >> exported to pdf from inkscape)
> >> 
> >> I am running an up-to-date Ubuntu 12.10 with Okular reported as
> >> v0.15.5, and libpoppler28 v0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2
> >> I have also tested (okular only) on the latest Ubuntu 13.10 release
> >> with Okular v0.17.2 and libpoppler43 v0.24.1-0ubuntu1, with the same
> >> incorrect results.
> >> 
> >> My Offer:
> >> The bounty I'm offering is AUD$300 (USD$289.44 currently). It's not
> >> peanuts, hence the need to make sure it winds up attached to the
> >> correct bug, hence my post here :)
> > 
> > I've actually wanted to fix this for a while since my new printer also is
> > somewhat stupid and can't print correctly in the whole page, but was never
> > very worried since i don't print much, now that you tell me 170 people are
> > going to use this I had a quick look and the patch seems "reasonably
> > easy".
> > 
> > So unless someone around wants to do it *now* I'll try to find time in one
> > week time (I'm a bit busy at the moment) and code the fix. Instead giving
> > me the money you donate it to KDE itself via
> > http://kde.org/community/donations/
> > 
> > How does that sound?
> 
> That sounds excellent! 1 week is a good turnaround - I'll need to
> backport it to my current version also, but I don't know how big a job
> this will be and will likely be back shortly after with a request for
> assistance (just warning) :-)

Please have a look at 
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=okular.git&a=commit&h=5a1afc51e3bbe78cf9af2870ae41bf2eb79e7a64

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> ...and yes, we'll happily direct the donation to KDE
> 
> Thanks again -
> 
> Bernie
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