[reportlab-users] Printing PDF's

[Felix McAllister]

I don't know if this is of any help, but we've had similar problems printing 
using Ghostscript. However, we resolved most of these by making sure that 
Ghostscript is printing to a postscript printer and not a PCL printer. 
(We're using HP LJ 4100). i.e. using the PostScript printer driver for the 
HP4100 worked.

Felix.

>From: dfh@forestfield.co.uk (David Hughes)
>Reply-To: reportlab-users@reportlab.com
>To: reportlab-users@reportlab.com
>Subject: Re: [reportlab-users] Printing PDF's
>Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:45 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use reportlab to generate PDF files.
> >
> > For some time, to print files in the background (with a Windows
> > service), I've been using the awful DDE interface to Acrobat which
> > works for awhile and then fails with no useful error message.
> >
> > I'm trying to switch to Ghostscript to print my files.  However, even
> > though I've been through many many Ghostscript options, my documents
> > are getting cut off on the top or the bottom by about 3/8".
> >
> > I use -sDEVICE=mswinpr2
> >
> > Here's other options I've tried:
> >
> > -dFIXEDMEDIA (cuts off top)
> > -dFIXEDRESOLUTION (cuts off bottom)
> > -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS= XX (I've tried numbers higher and lower than the
> > std letter height and it always cuts off the bottom)
> >
> > I use a Brother MFC 6800 and I cannot find any option to set or reduce
> > my margins in the printer setup.
> >
> > Is there a reportlab setting I can change to fix this problem?
> >
> > If someone knows of a better place I should post this to, please let me
> > know.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Dave Rogers
> > DaveRogers@StockAlerts.com
> > http://StockAlerts.com
>
>I don't have a solution, I'm afraid, but and I'm experiencing the same
>problem and it is definitely with GhostScript - the same reportlab pdf
>file on the same (HP Officejet G95) printer is OK using Acrobat reader,
>but loses its footers as you have described. It's something that I must
>try to resolve quite soon, and trawling through the various mailing lists
>  - see http://www.ghostscript.com/mailman/listinfo/
>has been on my list for a while. I will report here if I come up with
>anything and it would be very helpful if you could do the same.
>
>Regards,
>
>David Hughes
>Forestfield Software Ltd
>www.forestfield.co.uk
>
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