Double-sided printing A3 printing with generic PCL

franz.pfoertsch.brose franz.pfoertsch at brose.com
Fri Jul 11 03:12:15 PDT 2008


> >
> > now I selected the "HP LaserJet Series PCL 4/5, 1.3" driver and duplex
> > printing works, but....
> > The white borders are too large ( 11mm top, 13mm bottom ) so the upper
> > and lower part of the documents are not printed.
> > Where can I change the border settings ?
> >
> Hello,
>
> I discovered that the ImageableArea in the ppd file defines the borders.
> When I set the lower the second parameter the lower border of the page
> becomes smaller and that is wath I want.
> When I increase the fourth parameter the upper border does not decrease,
> the values on the metric scala becomer bigger ( 29 cm instead of 28 )
> and part of the lower side of the document is no more printed.
>
> Why does this happen ?
>
> Thanks
> Andreas
>
Hello Andreas,

the ppd's shipped with cups are all created by the cupsddk.

The best way to change the ppd is to modify (HWMargins) the sample.drv and compile the ppd by ppdc sample.drv

regards
Franz





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