fit-to-page / fitplot don't work in OSX

[Helge Blischke]

Helge Blischke wrote:

> Robert Zegwaard wrote:
> 
>> Helge, Micheal,
>> 
>> Thanks for your replies.
>> On OSX 10.6 fit-to-page seems to work.
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> I'm testing lp/lpr on Mac OSX 10.5 with a Xerox 242 printer (with
>>> build-in FieryRip). It seems to work quit nice, except that "-o
>>> fit-to-page" or "-o fitplot" options have no effect. Also "-o
>>> scaling=70" doesn't work.
>>>
>>> lp -o media=A4 -o fit-to-page -o -d DC_242_DC250_Direct testA3.pdf
>>>
>>> I want the A3-page(pdf) to shrink (with correct aspect-ratio) to fit on
>>> the A4 paper.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>>
> 
> On OsX 10.5 there is a trick:
> 
> - Set the PageSize default to the page size you need
> - when printing a PDF from the command line, supply the option
>    -o media= -o fitplot
>   i.e. an empty media size.
> Then cgpdftops uses the PDF's media size and does not crop the pages, and
> the pstops filter does the necessary scaling to the default page size
> specified in the printer's PPD.
> 
> I know this is a bit weird, but ...
> 
> Helge

Sorry, the drick doesn't work as expected, as cgpdftops queries the marked 
options from the printer's PPD (via libcups). cgpdftops needs things like
*DefaultPageSize: Unknown
(and friends) in order to retain the source document's media size(s), but 
what pstops then does needs to be tested.

Helge