[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 129214] Enter a custom size for print paper in Print-Page Layout

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129214

Michael Weghorn <m.weghorn at posteo.de> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Michael Weghorn <m.weghorn at posteo.de> ---
(In reply to Prichy from comment #0)
> Additional Info:
> The print dialogue should not contain the paper size - that's embedded in
> the document - possibly different for each page. Please don't blame this on
> the print driver; I know the theory is that all sizes available should be
> exported by the print driver - but that's simply not necessary and other
> software (AbiWord) simply works (the print dialogue does not force a page
> size).

Whether custom sizes are possible and how they are handled in my understanding
depends quite a lot on the OS being used and the printer driver, so what system
are you using?

I personally disagree that LibreOffice should ignore what the print driver
offers. That's how the printing systems are designed to work, so IMHO print
drivers (or the printers themselves in the case of driverless printing like
e.g. IPP Everywhere) should expose the options that can be used...
(Dong things "not allowed" by the print drivers may lead to all kinds of other
problems, like errors since the printer cannot handle what it was passed, paper
jams,...)

I also do not think that the page size choice should be removed from the print
dialog, since it is a valid use case to print a document on a different page
size than the document's page size. (e.g. I do not have Letter paper, but might
want to print documents in letter format on A4 instead...)

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