On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 07:28 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: >> I just got a new HP Photosmart C5580 which can (among other things) >> print on inkjet printable DVDs and CDs. My current goal (probably >> hopeless :-) is to tweak the .ppd file for the copy of the printer >> I made which defaults to the DVD tray and DVD paper size so that >> any application I care to print from will print in the middle >> of the DVD (a quest that will probably take years and cost >> thousands of lives :-). >> >> My first big mystery came with sample printouts I made of a >> hashmark pattern I could use to measure how far off from the >> center I am: Both inkscape and gimp print the pattern with >> the exact same offsets from the center of the CD, but open >> office prints with a completely different offset. >> >> As near as I can tell, I've told every app the page size is >> the same and there are no margins. They all print the marks >> scaled the same with the same distance between marks, so >> does anyone have any clue why open office thinks the center >> of the media is in a different place? Is there some obscure >> printer setup option I missed somewhere in OO? >> >> Even if I can figure how to tweak the .ppd file, it won't >> do much good if different applications use it a different way :-). > ---- > there is spadmin program > /usr/lib/openoffice.org3/program/spadmin > but I'm not sure you will get any additional tweaks there. > > try printing to pdf and then using kpdf or AdobeReader to print it. > > I am gathering that you are using a non-standard paper size and that is > where you are having troubles. > > Perhaps if you add the paper size to the PPD it might standardize things > - even for OOo > > If it were me doing labels, I'd probably be using Inkscape (likely) or > gimp to print them anyway. > > You also might want to check out glabels > > Craig I use Glabels for DVD/CD printing. If you like I can send you a template that I already spent hours tweaking in to save you the trouble. Also, if you haven't done so already, you need to setup a separate printer cue for the DVD tray/caddie. This helps work around the fact that not all programs will allow you to change tray settings on the fly. Richard -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
