[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

Prichy <retail at prichy.net> changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Prichy <retail at prichy.net> ---
Hi all - not sure what specific info is required but here's more explanation. I
think this issue has come to light because I now have a very picky printer
(Xerox phaser 6510). The problem is that you have to tell it what paper you've
loaded. When you go to print, if the paper size 'required' via the printyer
dialogue doesn't match, what it has loaded, it refuses to print - very
annoying. So the problem is that although I can format a single page to e.g.
144x144mm, LibreOffice then insists I select a 'standard' size in the print
dialogue - a size for the whole document it seems. 144x144 isn't an option on
my driver. So it could be argued this is a fault with the *printer driver* not
allowing custom sizes - but even if that were possible, how would it do it on a
page-by-page basis? And before you ask, if I tell the printer it's A4 and set
the print diaglogue to A4, then I get a printer jam because it thinks the
paper's torn. So I admit the unnecessarily picky firmware on my printer doesn't
help - and I've never had this issue before I bought this model. But
nonetheless, I think there is a fault with the logic in LibreOffice here.
Perhaps if specific page sizes are set up in the doc', then the print dialogue
should not insist on an overall page size for the entire doc, which I agree is
otherwise a useful thing to be able to do! I'm using Ubuntu 19.10 with the
default printer driver "(Xerox Phaser 6510, driverless, cups-filters 1.25.11").
As mentioned, I can print non-standard sizes using AbiWord via the same printer
driver as the print dialogue doesn't appear to require a paper size.

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