Borderless virtual PDF-Printer with Cups and Samba

[Kurt Pfeifle]

> > Hi everybody,
> > I have setup a virtual PDF-Printer (tried own backend and cups-pdf) on a Linux Server to produce PDF's from Windows-Clients via Samba.
> >
> > So far it works fine, but I get a white border with borderless original documents. I don't know at which step the border is set.
> >
> > On the Client side? Win machines work with Point'n'Print cups-windows driver and MS Postscript driver.
> > or on the cups server? I tested the following driver
> >
> > Generic postscript color printer rev4
> > Adobe PDF 3016.102
> > HP DesignJet 1055CM PS3 v3010.106 (recommended)
> >
> > At which step I can set the margins to zero or are there any Postscript ppd's to print borderless?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Holger
>
>
> Minimum borders are set in the "ImageableArea" statements for each media
> size. (Document software may set larger borders.)
>
> For a PDF printer that should produce "borderless" page images, you'll
> have to hack the ImageableArea statements. (Make them exactly the same
> as the respective "PageSize", "PageRegion" and "PaperDimension"
> settings.)

I meant "the ImageableArea statements in the respective PPD file".