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bug #1627: Paper size is not set correctly in exported postscript

Submitted by:  David Allouche <ddaa>
Submitted on:  Wed 06 Nov 2002 12:30:19 PM UTC  
 
Category: TypesetterPriority: 8 - Very high
Item Group: ErrorStatus: Works For Me
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Juan Pablo RomeroOpen/Closed: Closed
Release: 1.0.0.19Release: None
Fixed Release: NoneFixed Release: 
Keywords: paper size postscrip export

Fri 09 Mar 2012 02:19:06 PM UTC, comment #4:

The exported postscript is currently of the same size as the document. Work on the printing system is underway. ==> closed

Miguel de Benito <mdbenito>
Project Member
Sun 08 Dec 2002 04:07:01 PM UTC, comment #3:

Ooops. Previous comment was a message from <joris> on texmacs-users.

David Allouche <ddaa>
Project Administrator
Sun 08 Dec 2002 04:06:07 PM UTC, comment #2:

Yes, exporting to postscript definitely should use the document's page size.

When the document's page size does not match your printer's page size, the user should be prompted to

1) use the printer's page size;
2) use the document's page size;
3) "fit" the document (do nothing if document's page size <
printer's page size, and shrink otherwise).

If there is a volunteer for this, it would also be good to have a popup window where one can specify

1) the number of copies;
2) the range;
3) the page size (choices 1,2,3 above when necessary);
4) printing only even or odd pages (for recto-verso printing on
non-recto-verso printers);
5) print several pages on one page or perform other transformations
on the postscript output (psnup command).

As a temporary solution, we might use kprinter for this, when this tool is in the PATH (do there exist similar tools for other window managers?).

David Allouche <ddaa>
Project Administrator
Sun 08 Dec 2002 04:04:56 PM UTC, comment #1:

TeXmacs uses two different page sizes: the document page size, which is set from the Document menu, and the printing page size which is currently set in the Edit->Preference menu and will be moved to the "File->Page setup" menu (which is the GUI standard location for such settings).

Actually, I am not really convinced the "printing page size" is a good feature.

When exporting to PostScript, users expect the Document page size to be used in the produced PostScript. Currently the document page size sets the "page bounding box" and printing page size sets the "paper size" in PostScript. That leads to unexpected behaviour in PS viewers.

Then, printing of exported PostScript is handled by the PS viewer, in which the user will set the correct paper size he uses and which may shrink the pages to fit on the paper.

When printing directly from TeXmacs, the printing page size setting does make sense, but only if it used to perform some useful action (like shrinking the page to fit on paper), which I do not believe it currently does.

David Allouche <ddaa>
Project Administrator
Wed 06 Nov 2002 12:30:19 PM UTC, original submission:

Oh, regarding texmacs, I've noticed that if I change the paper size to letter (for example), and then export to postscript the document, gv incorrectly reports the paper size to be A4.

David Allouche <ddaa>
Project Administrator

 

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