[Poppler-bugs] [Bug 18711] When Poppler generates PostScript from PDF files the output is shifted on some PostScript printers

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18711





--- Comment #18 from James Cloos <cloos at jhcloos.com>  2008-11-27 05:05:15 PST ---
It might be useful to compare how gs renders the ps files with different
paper sizes and to compare that output with what the printers generate.

If you have a isplay at least 1200 px tall, compare:

gs -dBATCH -g794x1123 -r96 testpage-a4-orig.ps
gs -dBATCH -g816x1056 -r96 testpage-a4-orig.ps

If smaller try these instead:

gs -dBATCH -g595x842 -r72 testpage-a4-orig.ps
gs -dBATCH -g612x792 -r72 testpage-a4-orig.ps

In each pair the first renders the page on a4 sized (virtual) paper,
the second on usletter.

It may be the case that something in the poppler output confuses the
printer into thinking that the src is letter sized, causing it to
misprint to the a4 paper.

Just a supposition.

(Side note:  I'm sure I've read about similar bugs on Brother printers
             before.  Google may point to such discussions and perhaps
             to solutions.  The solution might just be to use PCL when
             printing to those printers, ignoring their PS capability.)


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