Steve, > On Oct 6, 2015, at 5:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > thanks! > so u don’t think its something that we setup in our ppd that makes the > printing system think otherwise? > in this 6x9 printer - ppd shows pages sizes of > 5x3.5 > 6x4 > 5x7 > 6x8 > 6x9 > > this issue with “other” has been around since 10.9 days…
Yeah, it's still a bug - if a printer doesn't support the system default size it should be using the PPD default (this commonly happens for label and some large format printers...) > > thanks! > > > > On Oct 5, 2015, at 2:06:44 PM, Michael Sweet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> Please file a bug; if the printer does not support the system-wide default >> size it should be using the default in the PPD. >> >> >>> On Oct 5, 2015, at 3:06 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> hi - >>> >>> we have never been able to solve our issue with setting the default page >>> size in the print dialog. >>> >>> if we were to create a new printer queue >>> >>> if we go the cups admin page for that new queue - we can see the default >>> page size is set correctly - i.e. 6x4 >>> even though our printers supports physical media up to 6x9 - we wanted the >>> default size to be 6x4 >>> and it shows correctly in the admin page >>> and if we were to use the lp command or drop image to the queue - it will >>> print the 6x4 correctly with the expected 6x4 crop of the photo >>> printing out a 6x4 size cut media (the 6x9 media can print and cut to 6x4 >>> size) >>> >>> however, with the Print Dialog - say in Preview.app >>> the Paper Size always seem to show up initially at “other” and details that >>> it is the US Letter size dimensions >>> which happens to be default paper size option in the system preferences >>> Printer & Scanner panel >>> and if i were to change it to US Legal size in the Printer&Scanner pref >>> panel >>> the Print Dialog will show “other” and this time details show the US Legal >>> size dimensions >>> >>> is there a way to make the Print Dialog show the Default Paper Size for the >>> selected printer model in the Print Dialog? >>> >>> is there something we are not doing in our PPD that can override this >>> behavior? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> steve >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Printing mailing list ([email protected]) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/printing/msweet%40apple.com >>> >>> This email sent to [email protected] >> >> _________________________________________________________ >> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair >> > _________________________________________________________ Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Printing mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/printing/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
