[reportlab-users] Rendering different sizes on different viewers

[Robin Becker]

Paul McNett wrote:
> Paul McNett wrote:
> 
>> #1 and 2 use the same printer driver, all three use the same printer. 
>> Can someone tell me what is happening and my workaround options? I can 
>> probably standardize on Acrobat Reader but the fact that I specify a 
>> certain size but Acrobat is scaling it down is somewhat distressing to 
>> me.
> 
> 
> Well, I just discovered that in the Print dialog of Acrobat Reader (not 
> the print setup dialog though) there is a default setting to scale down 
> the document to fit inside the printer margins. If I set to no scaling, 
> the document prints exactly to my spec (and other than slight font 
> differences, it prints exactly like the gpdf version - cool!). However, 
> I worry that normal users aren't going to be able to handle changing 
> this default setting without whining.
> 

Isn't the scaling done by Acrobat likely to be related to what the 
printer says it should be? I am constantly annoyed by a 96% scaling, but 
I have no idea where the scale comes from.


> I suppose I could define "letter" size to be somewhat less than 8.5" x 
> 11", which would keep Acrobat from wanting to rescale, but wouldn't the 
> exact size depend on the printer in use? Please tell me I'm missing 
> something obvious, as it seems that having my document know what printer 
> it will print on is just plain wrong...
> 


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Robin Becker