Bug#348898: openoffice.org: Wrong paper size set by new OpenOffice 2.0, causes wrong printouts
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 12:22:33PM -0500, Ambrose Li wrote:
> Even worse things happen when such a document is printed:
>
> 1. When printed, OOo 2.0 causes the printout to use "Letter" size.
> This can be confirmed by generating a Postscript file and noting
> that a letter page size is passed to setpagedevice.
>
> This means that tabloid/ledger-sized documents cannot be printed
> from OOo using normal procedures.
>
> 2. When a PDF is generated, OOo 2.0 generates a PDF of size
> 793pt x 1222pt
FWIW, #2 causes letter-sized pages to be printed on ledger-sized paper
(as opposed to #1, which causes ledger-sized pages to be printed on
letter-sized paper).
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