On Thursday, 21 December 2017 17:01:09 GMT Jack wrote: > On 2017.12.21 09:20, Mick wrote: > > I've been using a Brother "HL-3140CW" model with the > > net-print/brother- hl3140cw-bin-1.1.4 driver from the brother-overlay. > > > > Since I moved to profile 17.0 (I think) pages are being cropped at > > the top when printing from various applications (LOWriter, Okular, > > etc.) on different PCs. > > > > In LOWriter I had to set a 35mm margin at the top, to be able to get > > just 13mm at the top of the physical A4 paper, before the top line of > > text is printed. > > > > I have used the Plasma systemsettings5 for printers as well as the > > http GUI of the printer to see if anything is amiss, but I can't find > > anything I can change to restore the page alignment as it was a > > couple of weeks ago. > > > > The OEM online help pages suggest to adjust the margins on the > > application you're are printing from. > > > > Any idea what has brought about this change and how I may be able to > > revert it? Have you noticed anything similar? > > It sounds to me like a possible A4/USLetter issue. Can you confirm > that both LOWriter (and other apps) and cups (or whatever is driving > the printer) are both set to A4? > > Jack
Yes, CUPS and all desktop applications show A4 as the default paper size. CUPS reports: $ lpoptions -p 'HL-3140CW' -l PageSize/Media Size: *A4 Letter Legal Executive A5 A6 B5 JISB5 JISB6 EnvDL EnvC5 Env10 EnvMonarch Br3x5 FanFoldGermanLegal EnvPRC5Rotated Postcard EnvYou4 EnvChou3 210x270mm 195x270mm 184x260mm 197x273mm BRInputSlot/Paper Source: *AutoSelect Tray1 Manual BRResolution/Print Quality: *600dpi 600x2400dpi BRMonoColor/Color / Mono: Auto FullColor *Mono BRMediaType/Media Type: *Plain Thin Thick Thicker BOND Env EnvThick EnvThin Recycled Label Glossy PostCard BRColorMatching/Color Mode: *Normal Vivid None BRGray/Improve Gray Color: OFF *ON BREnhanceBlkPrt/Enhance Black Printing: *OFF ON BRTonerSaveMode/Toner Save Mode: OFF *ON BRImproveOutput/Improve Print Output: *OFF BRLessPaperCurl BRFixIntensity BRSkipBlank/Skip Blank Page: *OFF ON BRBrightness/Brightness: -20 -19 -18 -17 -16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 *0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BRContrast/Contrast: -20 -19 -18 -17 -16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 *0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BRRed/Red: -20 -19 -18 -17 -16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 *0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BRGreen/Green: -20 -19 -18 -17 -16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 *0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BRBlue/Blue: -20 -19 -18 -17 -16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 *0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BRSaturation/Saturation: -20 -19 -18 -17 -16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 *0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 However, looking inside /etc/cups/ppd/HL-3140CW.ppd I see some strange things: *%==== Media Selection ====================== *OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne *OrderDependency: 11 AnySetup *PageSize *DefaultPageSize: A4 [snip ...] *OpenUI *PageRegion: PickOne *OrderDependency: 12 AnySetup *PageRegion *DefaultPageRegion: A4 [snip ...] BUT ... then I noticed this: *DefaultImageableArea: Letter <==What the ...?! *ImageableArea A4/A4: "12 12 583 830" *ImageableArea Letter/Letter: "12 12 600 780" *ImageableArea Legal/Legal: "12 12 600 996" [snip ...] AND .... *%==== Information About Media Sizes ======== *DefaultPaperDimension: Letter <==Should this be here ...?! *PaperDimension A4/A4: "595 842" *PaperDimension Letter/Letter: "612 792" *PaperDimension Legal/Legal: "612 1008" Are the above ppd entries correct, or am I misinterpreting the ppd logic? -- Regards, Mick
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