PDF - different position on page with CUPS than in Windows

[Helge Blischke]

Benedikt wrote:

>> Benedikt wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I want to print a PDF using CUPS.
>> > I use cups-1.3.7 on a CentOS 5 linux system.
>> >
>> > my printers are:
>> > Ricoh Aficio 3500
>> > TSC TTP-245C (label printer)
>> > Epson TM-T88V (receipt printer)
>> >
>> > the command I use to start the print in Linux is:
>> > lpd -P printerqueue somepdf.pdf
>> >
>> > It happens that on all printers every print is about 3mm more on the
>> > right than if I print the same PDF in Windows. While for a normal page
>> > size (e.g. A4) this is not really a problem, but it is a problem when
>> > it comes to print labels or receipts (as space is limited and it cuts
>> > of some characters on the right).
>> >
>> > Is there a cups setting to change the position where it starts to
>> > print? Or can I change an option in the PPD files (which option)?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any help.
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > Benedikt
>>
>> Please post (an URL to) the PPDs of your printers and how the printers
>> are configured.
>> It might be a matter of the imageable area or the hw margins specified in
>> the PPDs.
>>
>> Helge
>>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> the URLs for the PPDs are:
> http://www.casamexico.at/test/belegdruckerbuero.ppd
> http://www.casamexico.at/test/multi.ppd
> http://www.casamexico.at/test/TSC_Etiketten.ppd
> 
> Best Regards,
> Benedikt

The PPDs all look OK. And, as all three printers use a different final 
filter, it is extremly improbabel that the displacement is due to one of the 
filters.

Could you supply a sample PDF?

Helge