[cups.development] Re: [RFE] STR #1771: Easy way to set custom paper sizes

[Dr. Benjamin Quest]

Hi and thanks for your response.

I have set up OOorg so that it presents a native KDE kprinter dialog. 
Additionally, I searched every bit of kcontrol concerning printers and used 
the web interface of CUPS. I do not find a possibility to set a paper size 
that is not in the list. Not from OOorg and neither from any KDE Program.

(This list of page sizes is also presented in the OOorg printing dialog by the 
way)

The list of paper sizes seems to be determined by the PPD file (or is the 
hpijs driver the culprit?). The printer itself has an automatic paper 
detection that does apparently not function under Linux. So all that's left 
is selecting the paper from the list that comes with the PPD. If the media to 
be printed is not on that list, you either have to work around or edit the 
PPD file.

I apologize if my description may not be technical enough.

All the best

BEnjamin

Am Dienstag, 13. Juni 2006 15:52 schrieb Till Kamppeter:
> [STR New]
>
> This seems to be a problem of OpenOffice.org. The PPD file for your printer
> contains all the needed stuff to support custom paper sizes, but
> OpenOffice.org ignores this. I recommend you to file a bug or feature
> request at OpenOffice.org.
>
> Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1771
> Version:  -feature

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