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Idea #19282: custom paper/media size for printing

Written by Tejas Modi the 18 Apr 09 at 09:09. Related project: OpenOffice.org Word Processor. Status: New
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I use non standard paper size for printing on my hp laserjet to be precise 8.5x13.5 inch. There is a great support for non-standard paper size on Windows. I am not able to use the said size on ubuntu... please do something as I love ubuntu...
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Solution #1: Please add support for non-standard paper/media size for printing
Written by Tejas Modi the 18 Apr 09 at 09:09.
Please add support for non-standard paper/media size for printing.

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Darwin Survivor (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 19 Apr 09 at 07:28
At the very least, add a "custom size" option (cm/inches)

nixy wrote on the 5 May 09 at 22:17
I agree, and might add that any papersize chosen in the gui (printer properties) should not be allowed to be overridden by another setting (such as LC_PAPER locale setting, which is the case when printing from Evince). Printing with Ubuntu should be clear and consistent, regardless of program.

cubytus wrote on the 7 May 09 at 18:06
I agree. There should be support to add as many custom sizes as we like. But isn't this the domain of cupsys?

lunus wrote on the 8 May 09 at 15:47
There should also be a way to remove paper sizes. American "Letter" paper size crashes my network printer, since it is bigger than the largest paper size that physically fits in the printer. Unfortunately this "Letter" size is often the default size, and I can't completely remove it (i.e., make it impossible for any program to accidentally use "Letter" size).

This is very annoying, since after every accidental use of "Letter" size the printer must be manually reset. Other users can't use the printer before it is reset. This makes Ubuntu look like really badly behaving operating system, since it can disable printing for all other users of the network printer.

The "Letter" size is very uncommon, I have never actually seen such paper, and I have heard that it is only used in the United States. It should never be the default paper size for any program.


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