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

[Bernard Gray]

On 30 October 2013 07:27, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
> 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

Hi Albert,

Backported, tested, confirmed working - in the unlikely case someone
else is looking for an ubuntu 12.10 quantal backport for this bugfix,
32/64 bit packages/debian-ised source/patch etc can be downloaded
here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9alWVS6_yz4dWhDWTlPem80WmM/edit?usp=sharing

I'll arrange the donation later today - thanks again for the excellent
service :-)

Bernie