Change PageSize option from Mac PDE?

[Aaron Sher]

I think I see. The deal is that you specify two page sizes with the same physical dimensions, but specify cupsBorderlessScalingFactor on the PageSize line in the PPD file, like so (from one of the HP drivers):

*PageSize iso-a5-borderless/Borderless A5: "<</PageSize[419.52 595.29] /ImagingBBox null/cupsBorderlessScalingFactor 1.04>> setpagedevice"

I assume that what will happen here is that CUPS will tell the application that the imageable area is 1.04 times bigger than the "real" area as defined by the ImageableArea line, and then will set the origin appropriately?

Is this stuff documented anywhere? I haven't found anything but a few oblique references and forum posts.

Thanks,
   Aaron

> Aaron,
>
> You need to choose the printer to get the printer-specific sizes.  US Letter will have two sub-items if the PPD lists two sizes with US Letter dimensions.
>
>
> On May 22, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Aaron Sher <asher at vanteon.com> wrote:
>
> > Can you expand a bit on #1? How does one "choose between regular and borderless"? If I pick US Letter in the Page Setup dialog for, say, TextEdit, I don't see any borderless options.
> >
> > Unfortunately, at the moment we don't have source for the filter that actually does the PDF-to-raster conversion. This may limit our ability to set cupsBorderlessScalingFactor.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   Aaron
> >
> >> Aaron,
> >>
> >> On May 17, 2012, at 11:24 AM, Aaron Sher <asher at vanteon.com> wrote:
> >>> ...
> >>> Now, I don't want to introduce a whole new set of Borderless XXX page sizes in the PPD and force the user to pick one of those; I just want to have a checkbox in the PDE that puts us into borderless mode.
> >>
> >> Your two options are:
> >>
> >> 1. Add borderless page sizes
> >> 2. Make all page sizes borderless and provide an option that controls the actual margins.
> >>
> >> The OS X paper selection UI already handles #1 properly - you see "US Letter" and then get to choose between regular and borderless.  This is actually the preferred implementation on OS X and allows you to specify overspray via the cupsBorderlessScalingFactor property.
> >>
> >> #2 will also work but has some bad side-effects, namely that applications do not know what your actual non-borderless margins are and may draw outside the imageable area.  This is most problematic if your top/bottom margins are more than 1/2 inch and side margins are more than 1/4 inch.
> >>
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