20 Apr
2014
20 Apr
'14
7:38 a.m.
On Sunday 20 April 2014 04.30:57 Greg Madden wrote:
(...)
> > > > > I recieve construction
drawings as pdf"s. These are ARCH D =
> > > > > 24x36 or ANSI D = 22x34. I view them in kpdf, I print them to
> > > > > my printer using Tabloid, paper size = 11x17.
> > > > >
> > > > > Only an 8x11 image gets printed on the 11x17 page.. Can not
> > > > > figure out how to get the correct size image, seems like
> > > > > shrink to fit, or some such were options. Do not see any
> > > > > such in the kpdf print dialog.
> > > > >
> > > > > Using krinter to print the same file it prints an 11x17
> > > > > portion of the larger file size.
> > > > >
> > > > > kpdf has a different print dialog than kprinter...?,
> > > > >
> > > > > Using cups, server:/var/run/cups/cups.sock
> > > > > printer driver for my HP Offficejet Pro 8600: hpcups 3.12.6
You don't say if you went to cups to set up your printer. For my HP CP1215 I
get a possibility to define a custom paper size, I don't know if this could
help.
Thierry