[opensuse] FireFox Printing Error
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables. Is there a fix for this? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 06:59:55PM +0100, Dave Feustel wrote:
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks.
I just discovered that Firefox running on Fedora 9 displays the tables of equations on pages 20-25 in portrait mode, not landscape mode as in Firefox running on OpenSuse. So it looks like there are some pdf-related bugs in the OpenSuse version of Firefox. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi, Dave Feustel schrieb:
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 06:59:55PM +0100, Dave Feustel wrote:
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
I just discovered that Firefox running on Fedora 9 displays the tables of equations on pages 20-25 in portrait mode, not landscape mode as in Firefox running on OpenSuse. So it looks like there are some pdf-related bugs in the OpenSuse version of Firefox.
Hmm, no. I'm quite confused how you print a PDF from within Firefox at all since Firefox can't decode PDFs so it's all about the other application (gv?) or your printer setup. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 07:54:36PM +0100, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Hi,
Dave Feustel schrieb:
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 06:59:55PM +0100, Dave Feustel wrote:
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
I just discovered that Firefox running on Fedora 9 displays the tables of equations on pages 20-25 in portrait mode, not landscape mode as in Firefox running on OpenSuse. So it looks like there are some pdf-related bugs in the OpenSuse version of Firefox.
Hmm, no. I'm quite confused how you print a PDF from within Firefox at all since Firefox can't decode PDFs so it's all about the other application (gv?) or your printer setup.
Firefox apparently handles the pdf file off to gv which does the actual printing. I've been using Firefox for about a week and I'm still getting use to it. NoScript plugin made me an instant convert. What I think I see now is that OpenSuse gv automagically switches to landscape mode to display wide portrait-mode tables but does nothing special when printing those tables. Then the printing routine dies when the too-wide tables don't fit on the paper. Printing on OpenSuse 11.0 has a few issues, but I have so far gotten by with some workarounds.
Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Sorry, Wolfgang, I meant to send to the list. In running opensuse 11.0, displaying the pdf using acroread and it displays those pages landscape (which will probably print landscape). To me the real question is, where they scanned in or created landscape or portrait ? Duaine Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Hi,
Dave Feustel schrieb:
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 06:59:55PM +0100, Dave Feustel wrote:
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
I just discovered that Firefox running on Fedora 9 displays the tables of equations on pages 20-25 in portrait mode, not landscape mode as in Firefox running on OpenSuse. So it looks like there are some pdf-related bugs in the OpenSuse version of Firefox.
Hmm, no. I'm quite confused how you print a PDF from within Firefox at all since Firefox can't decode PDFs so it's all about the other application (gv?) or your printer setup.
Wolfgang
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On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 18:59 +0100, Dave Feustel wrote:
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks. Dave,
I am using okular as pdf reader for firefox. It prints OK. Be sure that the correct paper size is use. In my case I have to change it to letter. Just leave the orientation portrait, when it gets to page 21 or so it will print landscape. I still have to get familiar with this printer interface and I do not see the "save" button but like many we are just start to getting used to opensuse 11.1 <g> -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:51:24AM -0700, Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 18:59 +0100, Dave Feustel wrote:
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks. Dave,
I am using okular as pdf reader for firefox. It prints OK. Be sure that the correct paper size is use. In my case I have to change it to letter. Just leave the orientation portrait, when it gets to page 21 or so it will print landscape.
The switch to landscape at page 21 does not occur in the printed output or in display mode on Suse or in ps display mode on Fedora F9.
I still have to get familiar with this printer interface and I do not see the "save" button but like many we are just start to getting used to opensuse 11.1 <g>
-=terry=-
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On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 20:20 +0100, Dave Feustel wrote:
The switch to landscape at page 21 does not occur in the printed output or in display mode on Suse or in ps display mode on Fedora F9.
Dave, Under okular all the page from 19 on are in landscape the rest in portrait. I can see in the okular thumbnails. Now: File/Print Name:ps3 (my printer) Properties: I have to change the paper form A4 to Letter and I leave it in Portrait Close Options Pint Range 19 20 and it printed 19 portrait and 20 landscape then I did the same but enable duplex printing and one page came in one side 19 portrait in the other one 20 landscape. I have not figure out how to save the defaults. I have to change the page type every time I print. It reminds me tuxcards which I had the same problem. note: jic my printer is a adobe postscript printer so it does not have to translate the printer output to ps and I wonder if that makes any difference. -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 12:39:08PM -0700, Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 20:20 +0100, Dave Feustel wrote:
The switch to landscape at page 21 does not occur in the printed output or in display mode on Suse or in ps display mode on Fedora F9.
Dave,
Under okular all the page from 19 on are in landscape the rest in portrait. I can see in the okular thumbnails. Now: File/Print Name:ps3 (my printer)
Properties: I have to change the paper form A4 to Letter and I leave it in Portrait Close
Options
Pint Range 19 20
and it printed 19 portrait and 20 landscape
then I did the same but enable duplex printing and one page came in one side 19 portrait in the other one 20 landscape.
I have not figure out how to save the defaults. I have to change the page type every time I print. It reminds me tuxcards which I had the same problem.
note: jic my printer is a adobe postscript printer so it does not have to translate the printer output to ps and I wonder if that makes any difference.
My printer is an HP2100. It does not have postscript installed, so I use ps. I think there may be a printer problem with switching between portrait and landscape printing.
-=terry=-
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On Sunday 28 December 2008 01:39:08 pm Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
I have not figure out how to save the defaults. I have to change the page type every time I print. It reminds me tuxcards which I had the same problem.
YaST Control Center > Hardware > Printer or yast2 printer& Press Configure button. In tab Printer options, you have field driver options. It is interesting that in 11.0 it has checkmark, but button and dropdown list menu are disabled, and default paper size is A4. Uncheck "driver options" and then check again and both are enabled. Then you can select paper size. BTW, I like simple user interface of printer module. If you, or anybody else, have seen similar thing, it's time for bugreport. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 19:11 -0600, Rajko M. wrote:
aST Control Center > Hardware > Printer or yast2 printer&
Press Configure button. In tab Printer options, you have field driver options. It is interesting that in 11.0 it has checkmark, but button and dropdown list menu are disabled, and default paper size is A4.
Uncheck "driver options" and then check again and both are enabled. Then you can select paper size.
BTW, I like simple user interface of printer module.
If you, or anybody else, have seen similar thing, it's time for bugreport.
Rajko,, I have always used yast for printer setup but... for this version I decided to use cups. In cups letter selected. Now after I read you message I went to yast and I found a new module than the one in opensuse 11. Interestingly letter is selected also. I open okular and again the default is A4. I'll test it a little more and if no change bugzilla. The problem is that opensuse 11.1 has so many new thing that sometimes you want to be sure that is a bug and not you. Regards, -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 28 December 2008 08:05:30 pm Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
Rajko,,
I have always used yast for printer setup but... for this version I decided to use cups. In cups letter selected. Now after I read you message I went to yast and I found a new module than the one in opensuse 11. Interestingly letter is selected also. I open okular and again the default is A4.
It seems like it is set during KDE startup. Try to logout and login.
I'll test it a little more and if no change bugzilla. The problem is that opensuse 11.1 has so many new thing that sometimes you want to be sure that is a bug and not you.
I know that, but then for each bug one has to perform investigation, reading change log, upstream and downstream bug reports, mail list archives and what not, to make sure what it is. I don't think that anyone will file any report if that would be precondition. There are guys that maintain packages, that are active in upstream projects and they watch all of mentioned, so we have to file report, and let them decide. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 21:02 -0600, Rajko M. wrote:
On Sunday 28 December 2008 08:05:30 pm Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
Rajko,,
I have always used yast for printer setup but... for this version I decided to use cups. In cups letter selected. Now after I read you message I went to yast and I found a new module than the one in opensuse 11. Interestingly letter is selected also. I open okular and again the default is A4.
It seems like it is set during KDE startup. Try to logout and login.
I'll test it a little more and if no change bugzilla. The problem is that opensuse 11.1 has so many new thing that sometimes you want to be sure that is a bug and not you.
I know that, but then for each bug one has to perform investigation, reading change log, upstream and downstream bug reports, mail list archives and what not, to make sure what it is. I don't think that anyone will file any report if that would be precondition. There are guys that maintain packages, that are active in upstream projects and they watch all of mentioned, so we have to file report, and let them decide.
-- Regards, Rajko
Done Bug 462711 Submitted Thxs Rajko -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday, 2008-12-28 at 18:59 +0100, Dave Feustel wrote:
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
Is there a fix for this?
It works fine here. It is not printed by gv, by the way. Firefox calls the adobe plugin to display the file, but this changes depending on each person preferences. If tell firefox to print to a file (I'm not going to actually print it) the last pages are rotated. However, if you print directly to printer, it is possible that the software thinks that the printer can rotata the pages automatically. Ie, your problem will depend on what plugin you have configured in firefox to display the pdf (it can not be displayed its own), and what printer driver you use and how it is configured and how it works. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklX4nUACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VkdACeOmR12DcIau/ArJRUJ5FWqtyX 5QMAn3X2sm5wUHfhsQ6aXe91taCTMKgg =O62H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Feustel wrote:
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks.
Not sure what GV is. I loaded this file in Firefox. It is a PDF file, and thus Acrobat loads it in Firefox. I printed (from the Acrobat button on the toolbar) pages 18-22 and observed teh formatting. Sure enough, the pages 18, 19 and 20 were portrait and 21/22 were landscape. Now, if someone can tell me what triangle squared times F minus U sub zero time A times AF over AT = Zero means. The look like Greek letters. Is that a fraternity? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 01:52:16PM -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
Dave Feustel wrote:
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks.
Not sure what GV is. I loaded this file in Firefox. It is a PDF file, and thus Acrobat loads it in Firefox. I printed (from the Acrobat button on the toolbar) pages 18-22 and observed teh formatting. Sure enough, the pages 18, 19 and 20 were portrait and 21/22 were landscape.
Now, if someone can tell me what triangle squared times F minus U sub zero time A times AF over AT = Zero means.
The look like Greek letters. Is that a fraternity?
This is a paper from AIAS.US containing papers by Dr. Myron Evans who has developed an apparently correct theory to replace Einstein's theory of General Relativity. The currently received theory assumes that torsion = 0 and that incorrect assumption invalidates much of the current theory (ie there are no black holes, dark matter or Big Bangs, etc). There is a lot of experimental data supporting Dr. Evans' theory. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Dave Feustel wrote:
Now, if someone can tell me what triangle squared times F minus U sub zero time A times AF over AT = Zero means.
The look like Greek letters. Is that a fraternity?
This is a paper from AIAS.US containing papers by Dr. Myron Evans who has developed an apparently correct theory to replace Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Ahh, understood.
I only barely passed bonehead calculus in my MBA courses, so math is not my strong point. As it is, I'm a PHB at work, so there's no need for anything beyond basic addition and subtraction for me. :P
The currently received theory assumes that torsion = 0 and that incorrect assumption invalidates much of the current theory (ie there are no black holes, dark matter or Big Bangs, etc). There is a lot of experimental data supporting Dr. Evans' theory.
See, I always felt the big bang was full of holes. IMO, Tux was around before the big bang. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 04:53:50PM -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
Dave Feustel wrote:
Now, if someone can tell me what triangle squared times F minus U sub zero time A times AF over AT = Zero means.
The look like Greek letters. Is that a fraternity?
This is a paper from AIAS.US containing papers by Dr. Myron Evans who has developed an apparently correct theory to replace Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Ahh, understood.
I only barely passed bonehead calculus in my MBA courses, so math is not my strong point.
As it is, I'm a PHB at work, so there's no need for anything beyond basic addition and subtraction for me. :P
I majored in math in college, but my math capabilities have atrophied with age. So I focus on the text in Dr Evans' notes and pass quickly over the equations. appreciating their beauty as I do so.
The currently received theory assumes that torsion = 0 and that incorrect assumption invalidates much of the current theory (ie there are no black holes, dark matter or Big Bangs, etc). There is a lot of experimental data supporting Dr. Evans' theory.
See, I always felt the big bang was full of holes. IMO, Tux was around before the big bang. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 12:59, Dave Feustel
Firefox does not print correctly portrait pdf files with embedded landscape pages. An example is the file http://dfeustel.home.mindspring.com/ece-equations.pdf. This paper is portrait style, but pages 20-25 have tables in landscape format. GV (called by firefox) prints the tables in portrait mode, truncating the right side, and then dies with a printer error (PC XL error - illegal media size). Also, there are lines of what probably is PostScript or PDF printed on top of the tables.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks.
Use the Adobe Acrobat reader instead. I deal with these multi-orientation documents all the time and Acrobat (I sure hope it would) handles them correctly. I reported this same bug against KGhostView on 2008-10-16, but noone has bothered to even assign it or request information. I assume both GV and KGhostView use the same backend for PDF rendering. I am going to post your message into the bug. You can read the details here: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436173 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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