Hi Albert, Thanks for the quick response - On 23 October 2013 04:19, Albert Astals Cid <aa...@kde.org> wrote: > El Dimarts, 22 d'octubre de 2013, a les 16:42:42, Bernard Gray va escriure: ... >> My Issue (in detail): >> When I print pdf documents from Okular with content that reaches the >> edge of the paper, the edges are being cut off due to the printer not >> being able to do edge to edge printing. The page should be shrunk to >> fit within the printable area reported by the printer. >> I have created some test documents doing both height and width >> "oversizing". I've then used Okular, Evince and Adobe Acrobat Reader >> to open and send them to printers (HP Colour Laserjet 3700 and Xerox >> DocuCentre IV C3370 - ie low and high end printers, completely >> different drivers). >> In all cases, printing from okular cuts off any edges that extend >> beyond the printer's "printable area". >> In all cases, printing from evince and acroread shrink the document to >> fit the printer's "printable area" and provide the results I'm >> expecting. >> I've scanned my results as supporting evidence, you can find that here: >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9alWVS6_yz4RFRpR1RWRTFzMms/edit?usp=sharing >> >> I've also uploaded the sample reference files[5] (created in, and >> exported to pdf from inkscape) >> >> I am running an up-to-date Ubuntu 12.10 with Okular reported as >> v0.15.5, and libpoppler28 v0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2 >> I have also tested (okular only) on the latest Ubuntu 13.10 release >> with Okular v0.17.2 and libpoppler43 v0.24.1-0ubuntu1, with the same >> incorrect results. >> >> My Offer: >> The bounty I'm offering is AUD$300 (USD$289.44 currently). It's not >> peanuts, hence the need to make sure it winds up attached to the >> correct bug, hence my post here :) > > I've actually wanted to fix this for a while since my new printer also is > somewhat stupid and can't print correctly in the whole page, but was never > very worried since i don't print much, now that you tell me 170 people are > going to use this I had a quick look and the patch seems "reasonably easy". > > So unless someone around wants to do it *now* I'll try to find time in one > week time (I'm a bit busy at the moment) and code the fix. Instead giving me > the money you donate it to KDE itself via http://kde.org/community/donations/ > > How does that sound?
That sounds excellent! 1 week is a good turnaround - I'll need to backport it to my current version also, but I don't know how big a job this will be and will likely be back shortly after with a request for assistance (just warning) :-) ...and yes, we'll happily direct the donation to KDE Thanks again - Bernie _______________________________________________ Okular-devel mailing list Okular-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/okular-devel