Comment 17 for bug 428817

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Swift Arrow (swiftarrow9) wrote : Re: [Bug 428817] Re: Print Dialog does not allow editing of page parameters

Hey, I think you have to use the "Page Setup" or "Print Setup" option from
the File menu. It's an old bug; the page setup in the print dialog doesn't
work, only the one in the file menu does.
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On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Lieven Blancke <email address hidden> wrote:

> correction on my previous comment #15, both have a fresh install of
> Ubuntu 11.04!
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> Title:
> Print Dialog does not allow editing of page parameters
>
> Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: cups-pdf
>
> In Ubuntu-jaunty amd64,
>
> Cups PDF driver does not allow us to change the paper size,
> orientation, or anything. I would like to print my images from GIMP
> to pdf, but they are wider than an A4 page, and so I cannot print them
> to a whole pdf! I know PDF format can support multiple sizes. And
> the options are there, just greyed out.
>
> This is non-application specific. Firefox print dialog behaves the
> same. OOo Print dialog doesn't even show the Cups PDF driver.
>
> If those options are there, but are just greyed out, I would consider
> this a problem. If the options have not been implemented, perhaps put
> up a notice on that tab saying that they don't exist?
>
> I hope whoever fixes this gets paid for it! Thanks for the awesome
> work!
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