On 04/20/2014 02:38 PM, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> On Sunday 20 April 2014 04.30:57 Greg Madden wrote:
> (...)
>>>>>>> I recieve construction drawings as pdf"s. These are ARCH D =
>>>>>>> 24x36 or ANSI D = 22x34. I view them in kpdf, I print them to
>>>>>>> my printer using Tabloid,  paper size = 11x17.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only an 8x11 image gets printed on the 11x17 page.. Can not
>>>>>>> figure out how to get the correct size image, seems like
>>>>>>> shrink to fit, or some such  were options. Do not see any
>>>>>>> such in the kpdf print dialog.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Using krinter to print the same file it prints an 11x17
>>>>>>> portion of the larger file size.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> kpdf has a different print dialog than kprinter...?,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Using cups, server:/var/run/cups/cups.sock
>>>>>>> printer driver for  my HP Offficejet Pro 8600: hpcups 3.12.6
> You don't say if you went to cups to set up your printer. For my HP CP1215 I
> get a possibility to define a custom paper size, I don't know if this could
> help.
>
> Thierry
>
>
Same here for my HP Deskjet........before the smoke came out :-)