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brrbrrbruno

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Registered: 2014-04-09

Posts: 24

printing problem: "fit to page" option does not work, even from cmd

hello!
i am switching a company over to linux, that's why i am trying to make it shine as much as possible!
unfortunately i have to explain why something as simple as printing an email to one page instead of 1 and half isn't working...

no matter what i always get the same layout ... through
a) print menues which give me the option to scale to page e.g. firefox's print menue or
b) command line with the option found in (http://localhost:631/help/options.html#FIT_TO_PAGE)

lp -o fit-to-page filename

lpr -o fit-to-page filename

they both do not result in a scaled to one page output, instead i get the same result a print without any extra configuration gives me (2 pages).

i don't know where to report this problem!?
since i don't know whether it is an arch, Canon, CUPS or postscript problem ...

my setup is:

manjaro/arch linux (latest packages)
CUPS 1.7.1
canon imagerunner irc2880 - printer language = postscript
gnome 3.10

(i use the canon "cque" aur package to get the only working ppd for this printer (cel-irc2880-ps-de.ppd) [working = print both b/w & color] ... ps stands for postscript.

pls help or direct me to the right channels
THANK YOU

Last edited by brrbrrbruno (2014-04-14 11:26:40)

brrbrrbruno

Member

Registered: 2014-04-09

Posts: 24

Re: printing problem: "fit to page" option does not work, even from cmd

i have checked with another printer ... same problem

can anyone with firefox tell me whether the checked checkbox
"ignore scaling and fit to page" or something (mine is german) under:
firefox -> print... -> options
works for you?