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Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone?

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On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 13:59:06 +0100, maderios wrote:

> On 10/31/2016 01:32 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >On Monday 31 October 2016 11:57:45 Daniel Bareiro wrote:
> >>Hi, Lisi.
> >>
> >>On 31/10/16 08:07, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >>>>"fit to page" function depends on printer driver settings, not printer
> >>>>software.
> >>>>You may change your cups/printer settings:
> >>>>http://localhost:631/
> >>>
> >>>Where?  In which section can you make the change you suggest?  I remember
> >>>and have set a setting for turning pages if necessary, but not one for
> >>>fitting to printable area.
> >>
> >>Maybe it is a "lpr" option:
> >>
> >>https://www.cups.org/doc/options.html
> >>
> >>(See "Scaling to Fit")
> >
> >Thanks!  That is helpful.  If I hit the problem I'll look into doing it that
> >way.  Evince worked last time I needed it to do so, and people are saying
> >that it still does.
> >
> >Lisi
> >
> It depends on many paramaters, for example, postcript printer or not
> postscript. In my case, postscript printer, with applications like evince,
> firefox, etc..., printing  works same way with CTRL+P, then choose -> page
> handling -> 'fit to printable area' or 'shrink...' or 'none...'. I think it
> is the same for non postscript.

The nature of the printer does not matter. Scaling to Fit with the
"fit-to-page" option is a CUPS feature. It is passed on to the pdftopdf
filter of cups-filters and can be set with lpr or from those
applications which send a file directly to CUPS *without* any previous
manipulation of it.

The 'fit to printable area' option in the print dialogs of GTK
applications such as evince is handled by the GTK printing subsystem
with Cairo. Cairo manipulates the file to achieve fitting the image to
the printable area *before* it gets sent to CUPS.

Okular does not manipulate a file in an evince-like way. It sends the
CUPS "fit-to-page" option with every job, but, as observed, there is no
"fit-to-page" option in its print dialog to switch it on and off. This
is probably the subject of bug report somewhere.

-- 
Brian.

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Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? brian <brian@meadows.pair.com> - 2016-10-30 17:20 +0100
  Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2016-10-30 17:40 +0100
  Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 17:40 +0100
  Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-10-30 17:50 +0100
    Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? brian <brian@meadows.pair.com> - 2016-10-30 18:00 +0100
      Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2016-10-30 21:10 +0100
  Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-10-30 18:00 +0100
  Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-10-30 21:10 +0100
    Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? maderios <maderios@gmail.com> - 2016-10-31 10:20 +0100
      Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-31 12:10 +0100
        Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-10-31 13:00 +0100
          Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-31 13:40 +0100
            Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? maderios <maderios@gmail.com> - 2016-10-31 14:00 +0100
              Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-31 15:30 +0100
                Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-31 15:40 +0100
              Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-31 15:40 +0100
                Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-31 21:40 +0100
                Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-01 00:40 +0100
                Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-01 11:40 +0100
                Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-01 16:00 +0100
                Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-01 16:30 +0100

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