[cups.general] ImageableArea for scaling

[David Wong]

Hi Michael,

My client submits their job through IPP not by issuing “lp”, so is there a
way to set it within CUPS (1.4.2 Red Hat)? From CUPS web interface, I
cannot find it in all printers, HP has similar option but it did not exist
for Kyocera. The only way it worked for me was through
system-config-printer; it can select “Scale to fit” under “Job Option”

Thanks,
David

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:

> David,
>
> On May 27, 2012, at 8:02 PM, David Wong wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I need to print A4 documents to a Kyocera Letter size only printer. Part
> of the document was cropped. For HP LaserJet, I was able to redefine the
> ImageableArea in the PPD file to scale it. However, this did not work for
> Kyocera. I would like to know is it CUPS’s job to do the actual scaling or
> it is up to the printer to do the scaling?
>
> Unless instructed, it is the printer's job. However, CUPS supports the
> "fit-to-page" option in recent versions (used to be called "fitplot") which
> will accomplish what you want:
>
> lp -d printer -o fitplot filename
>
> or:
>
> lp -d printer -o fit-to-page filename
>
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