[cups.development] Custom Page Size

[Michael R Sweet]

Kai Zhu wrote:
> I cannot print with custom margin.
> 
> I want to print one job with custom page size in Mac OS 10.4.11(Intel), CUPS 1.1.23. In Page Setup panel, I set options as below:
> Page Size: width to 18.00cm, height to 27.00cm;
> Printer Margins(User defined) : Left to 4.00cm, Top to 0.42cm, Right to 0.63cm, Bottom to 0.42cm.
> 
> The problem is that left margin of printing result is not 4.00cm, but 0.63cm.
> Why is real left margin not the defined margin?

The margins passed to the driver are the ones that come from the
HWMargins keyword in the PPD file.  The margins you enter in the UI
only affect formatting of content by applications.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer