Re: Alternative to Adobe Reader, anyone?
On Monday 31 October 2016 14:24:50 Brian wrote:
> On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 13:59:06 +0100, maderios wrote:
> > On 10/31/2016 01:32 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > >On Monday 31 October 2016 11:57:45 Daniel Bareiro wrote:
> > >>Hi, Lisi.
> > >>
> > >>On 31/10/16 08:07, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > >>>>"fit to page" function depends on printer driver settings, not
> > >>>> printer software.
> > >>>>You may change your cups/printer settings:
> > >>>>http://localhost:631/
> > >>>
> > >>>Where? In which section can you make the change you suggest? I
> > >>> remember and have set a setting for turning pages if necessary, but
> > >>> not one for fitting to printable area.
> > >>
> > >>Maybe it is a "lpr" option:
> > >>
> > >>https://www.cups.org/doc/options.html
> > >>
> > >>(See "Scaling to Fit")
> > >
> > >Thanks! That is helpful. If I hit the problem I'll look into doing it
> > > that way. Evince worked last time I needed it to do so, and people are
> > > saying that it still does.
> > >
> > >Lisi
> >
> > It depends on many paramaters, for example, postcript printer or not
> > postscript. In my case, postscript printer, with applications like
> > evince, firefox, etc..., printing works same way with CTRL+P, then
> > choose -> page handling -> 'fit to printable area' or 'shrink...' or
> > 'none...'. I think it is the same for non postscript.
>
> The nature of the printer does not matter. Scaling to Fit with the
> "fit-to-page" option is a CUPS feature. It is passed on to the pdftopdf
> filter of cups-filters and can be set with lpr or from those
> applications which send a file directly to CUPS *without* any previous
> manipulation of it.
>
> The 'fit to printable area' option in the print dialogs of GTK
> applications such as evince is handled by the GTK printing subsystem
> with Cairo. Cairo manipulates the file to achieve fitting the image to
> the printable area *before* it gets sent to CUPS.
>
> Okular does not manipulate a file in an evince-like way. It sends the
> CUPS "fit-to-page" option with every job, but, as observed, there is no
> "fit-to-page" option in its print dialog to switch it on and off. This
> is probably the subject of bug report somewhere.
Thanks for that, Brian. It is nice to have an explanation.
Lisi
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