On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:47:09 -0400 "Philippe A." <futhark77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd like someone to tell me what the origin of this problem could be. Could > it be fixed? I don't think cups is the problem. It is common to all software > but it prints its test page correctly. Yet, I find the problem a bit > widespread! Its just variation in individual printers. If you calibrate your printer with some test programs, you should be OK: The http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/printing/ download site has some postscript programs for coming up with the magic gibberish you need to stick in your printer's /etc/cups/ppd/<whatever>.ppd file. For instance, here is the stuff at the end of my laser printer's ppd file: *DefaultMargins: Custom *Margins Default/Driver Default: "" *Margins Custom/Custom (set with 'alignmargins'): "<</.HWMargins[12.02 12.8 14.4 12.02] /Margins[12 -24]>>setpagedevice" *CloseUI: *Margins Why this calibration stuff hasn't made it into the standard linux releases as a normal part of printer setup, I don't know, but if you play with the postscript files enough you can figure it out eventually.
