[cups.development] [RFE] STR #3560: Printing ISO media size documents n-up onto non-ISO media sizes wastes space

[Tim Waugh]

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[STR Closed w/o Resolution]

This isn't to do with incorrect bounding boxes.  This happens with an ideal
bounding box, and is a flaw (or at least a missed optimization) in the
algorithm CUPS uses to map with n-up onto media of a different size.

When a document containing ISO A4 pages is mapped 2-up onto US Letter,
CUPS first adjusts the A4 pages to US Letter by making them wider, and
then maps them onto the US Letter output.

Instead it should ideally keep the original media size when packing 2-up.
(I appreciate this makes the maths harder...)

Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3560
Version:  -feature
Fix Version: Will Not Fix