Re: [SLE] Envelopes in OpenOffice

From: Keith Powell (keith_at_keithg4jvx.force9.co.uk)
Date: 10/26/03

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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:38:25 +0000

    On Sunday 26 Oct 2003 12:31 pm, Carlos E. R. wrote:
    > The 03.10.26 at 10:22, Keith Powell wrote:
    > > Brian and Carlos, it looks as though I will have to follow your
    > > suggestions and get a work-around by making a document with the correct
    > > paper size and margins for the DL size. Then use this as a template each
    > > time.
    >
    > As I have to feed envelopes manually one by one, because often they get
    > stuck, making a template is not such a big problem for me ;-)
    >
    > Maybe it is also a problem with cups and OO working together. Maybe it
    > works only with certain types of printers, who knows...
    >
    > My problem was that no matter what I did, it printed "vertically". I'll
    > paste here what I posted last January, for reference:
    >
    >
    > --- Text insert begin ----------
    > Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:13:02 +0100 (CET)
    > From: Carlos E. R.
    > Subject: [SLE] How on earth do I print landscape envelopes (OO)?
    >
    >
    > My printer (canon 4000) only takes envelopes horizontally (landscape). So,
    > I want to print DL (22*11cm) size envelopes using OpenOffice. If I set
    > page format to "portrait", it says that it is 11cm wide, it is wrong. If I
    > set it to "Landscape", the foolish thing rotates the page and prints out
    > of the envelope:
    >
    > +-------------------+
    >
    > | * |
    > | ** |
    > | *** |
    > | *** |
    >
    > +-***---------------+
    > * *
    > * *
    >
    > So, I go and set user size, 22 cm width * 11cm high, portrait. The preview
    > is correct, it prints in the right direction, but... the print stop at the
    > middle of each line! The damned thing says it knows better than me, and
    > that the page ends there.
    >
    > +-------------------+
    >
    > | * |
    > | ****** |
    > | ****** |
    >
    > +-------------------+
    > ^_ print ends there.
    >
    >
    > Of course, I have also played with the sizes in the printer settings in
    > the File menu, and they are utterly ignored. I tell the damn thing I have
    > DL portrait or landscape, but it is as if I'm talking to the wall.
    >
    > I can not win :-(
    >
    > The only way I can convince it to print correctly is saying I have a 22*22
    > square page, as portrait, and add an 11 cm bottom margin. Anyone knows how
    > to do it "the proper way"?
    >
    > I'm using SuSE 8.1 with CUPS. StarOffice 5.2 with SuSE 7.3 did get it
    > right.
    > --- Text insert end ----------
    >
    > Problem remains with SuSE 8.2, of course.

    Carlos,

    You have given me an idea!

    When I am next in the mood for experimenting, I'll install Turboprint (which I
    have never used) and see if that solves the problem. As you say, it may be OO
    and cups. I'll also try KOffice and Abiword.

    Thanks

    Keith 

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