[nflug] Printing problem

[Cyber Source]

Joe wrote:
> Thanks.  That seems to have fixed it, but ...
>
> I had some trouble getting the new settings to stick.  A few times 
> they seemed to revert to 0.04 instead of 0.5.  It was weird.  I also 
> went into xpp to fix things up and there, 0.5" = 36 points.  In some 
> places, that was right and in some wrong.  All fixed now.
>
> What I really don't understand is since I had this working long ago, 
> how did it go bad?  A new install of Firefox shouldn't have affected 
> my margin offsets, should it?
>
> Joe
>
> Cyber Source wrote:
>> Joe wrote:
>>> When I print anything from Firefox 1.5, it works fine, except the 
>>> headers and footers are cut off because my Deskjet printer has an 
>>> unprintable area 1/4" at top and bottom of each page.
>>>
>>> I have tried setting the page margins in File->Page Setup, but that 
>>> only affects the page body, not the header and footer.
>>>
>>> I have poked around the various prefs.js files with no luck.
>>>
>>> I even posted on Firefox - General at Mozillazine, but got no answers.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on how to fix this?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Joe
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>> Actually what I had to do was this,
>> 1. In the print dialog check the printer properties and increase the 
>> number for the gap from edge of paper to margin from .4 to .5 for all.
>> 2. In the page setup, I had to increase my top margin to .7 and my 
>> bottom margin to .5.
>>
>> Now I can have the page numbers or other info print at the top and 
>> bottom of my printed pages from Firefox.
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The new install could very well have changed things as the new Firefox 
and Thunderbird talk directly to CUPS, the previous versions did not. I 
use to use gtklp but I cannot any longer with the new 1.5's for Firefox 
and Thunderbird. I even had email discussions with the developer of 
gtklp about this and even he knows of no way to circumvent direct 
talking to CUPS.
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