Public bug reported: I have a workflow generating PDFs using LaTeX and ConTeXt on custom pages sizes. For instance I will print index cards, personal and corporate cheques, etc. The printers in question (right now) are a Brother HL-5370DW and a Brother MFC-6490CW, but in the past have been various HP laser printers.
This workflow has been stable through several recent versions of Ubuntu. Upon upgrading to 12.04, the workflow has broken for me. Initially, I reported this to Linux Support at Brother, but they have thrown it back saying that it isn't their issue. For instance, on initial upgrade I faced this issue: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/faq_prn.html#f00110 However, this was resolved on my installation by updating my installation. I was using Avery labels and printing them via an MS- Office document from within LibreOffice. This had worked for years. I am enclosing with this report a (sample) personal cheque, and because I am only allowed a single attachment, in a follow-up a sample outline set on an index card, which exhibit slightly different behaviour. SAMPLE PERSONAL CHEQUE: The command I have used to date to print this is: lp -o media=letter -o PageSize=Custom.2.75x6.25in -o landscape The expected behaviour is that a cheque fed through with the guide arms brought in will be printed as a centre fed page with the printing starting at the leading edge of the page. The behaviour that I am now getting is that printing is centred on a letter-sized page. It makes no difference if I remove the 'media=letter' option. INDEX CARD: The command I have used to date to print this is: lp -o media=letter -o PageSize=Custom.3.0x5.0in -o portrait The expected behaviour is that a cheque fed through with the guide arms brought in will be printed as a centre fed page with the printing starting at the leading edge of the page. The behaviour that I am now getting is that printing is done on the bottom left hand side of the a letter-sized page. Again, it makes no difference if I remove the 'media=letter' option. Any help would be most appreciated. advTHANKSance. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1024578 Title: Problem printing custom page sizes with lp after upgrading to 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1024578/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
