At Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:37:12 -0400, Peter Linnell wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 16:52, ephemeron wrote: > > I created a layout on a "custom" paper size, 5.75 x 7.75. > > Now I want to print it on the actual paper, which measures > > 5.75 x 7.75. How do I do it?
Forgot to specify the units are in inches. > > Exporting to PDF produces a page of the right virtual size. > > But when the page is sent to the printer, the printout begins > > some way down the page (as if Scribus is trying to center the > > layout on the preset size for, let's say, A4 paper). Is > > there a way to force Scribus to print from the top left edge? > > This seems to me to be the right thing to do when custom page > > sizes are involved since, as far as the printer is concerned, > > paper sizes differ only from the bottom right edge. > > At the moment, Scribus has excellent direct support for CUPS > which is excellent for controlling driver features in the > printer.(You should see the dialog box from hell when you print > to a high end laser or RIP.:) I'm missing that. I probably need to recompile. But I did try set the page size with http://localhost:631. The result? A miniaturized printout of the page (somewhat like a thumbnail). I did discover a fairly effortless workaround. Importing the "custom" size document into a standard letter size document: File -> Import -> Insert Page... My only problem was that the function is limited to a range of one page per import. I had to import each page of the document individually. I know this can be scripted, but I don't know python at all.
