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jrtokarz

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Registered: 2014-06-05

Posts: 1

Unable to change paper size in Libreoffice printer settings

Hi,

I am trying to print to a remote CUPS printer on my network.  The printer is configured to print on A4 paper.  On my Arch machine (KDE desktop), the printer configuration also shows paper size is A4.   /etc/papersize just contains a4.   The document I am trying to print in Libreoffice has the page size set to A4.

However, when I try to print in Libreoffice and I look at the properties for the printer in the Libreoffice print dialog, it shows letter size paper and the combo box is greyed-out so it wont let me change it.

Anyone have any ideas why Libreoffice is defaulting to letter  in the print dialog (when it's A4 everywhere else and for other applications) and why it won't let me change it?

smudge

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Registered: 2011-03-20

Posts: 158

Re: Unable to change paper size in Libreoffice printer settings

Hi,
You say the printer is configured but is CUPS? I think you'll need to login to the CUPS server and change the paper size there.

alexdw

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Registered: 2013-03-25

Posts: 46

Re: Unable to change paper size in Libreoffice printer settings

Hi,

I am trying to print to a remote CUPS printer on my network.  The printer is configured to print on A4 paper.  On my Arch machine (KDE desktop), the printer configuration also shows paper size is A4.   /etc/papersize just contains a4.   The document I am trying to print in Libreoffice has the page size set to A4.

However, when I try to print in Libreoffice and I look at the properties for the printer in the Libreoffice print dialog, it shows letter size paper and the combo box is greyed-out so it wont let me change it.

Anyone have any ideas why Libreoffice is defaulting to letter  in the print dialog (when it's A4 everywhere else and for other applications) and why it won't let me change it?

I know it's been a few months but did you find a solution to this?

I have the same issue with LibreOffice in that the paper size (and orientation) is greyed out:

It's possible to change the default in the CUPS web interface, but it's not exactly the best workaround.
From the look of the dialog box, LibreOffice is not using the "standard" CUPS Print Dialog / API that most other applications (e.g. Firefox, GIMP, Evince) appear to use.