Comment 6 for bug 428817

You have to use File>print setup, not the options in the print dialogue box.

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Jason W <email address hidden> wrote:

> I'm using Karmic and these options are still grayed out in Firefox.
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> Print Dialog does not allow editing of page parameters
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428817
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> Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
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> 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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