Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 79865
OOo wrongly assumes paper is left-aligned in the paper tray
Last modified: 2013-07-30 02:13:56 UTC
OpenOffice.org wrongly assumes that paper is left-aligned in the paper tray. This causes problems for users who use a printer that requires paper to be centered in the paper-tray (like, in my case, the HP LaserJet 1010). Currently I'm using a kludgy work-around (setting the paper width for documents I receive to 21 cm and adjusting the margins accordingly), but this is bound to cause problems for others, as well as being a bother.
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What kind of paper? Please give an step by step description to evaluate or provide a sample. See: http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/basic_rules.html#reproducibility
White paper, red paper, blue paper, light cardboard, A5, envelopes, ... How to reproduce: print a document with a paper size that isn't 21 cm wide. In other words, don't assume that bugsubmitters are morons. Also, don't assume people don't read the rules. You realize that's terribly presumptious and does a terrific job at pissing people off? "OpenOffice.org wrongly assumes that paper is left-aligned in the paper tray." I have extensively tested this with all kinds of paper sizes and printer settings - I could enumerate them, but what's the point? It happens always. So I'll restate: OpenOffice.org for some reason, unknown to me, always assumes, regardless of actual paper size (which the software cannot detect, so what's the point of asking?) or printer settings, or document page size settings, assumes the paper is left-aligned in the printer tray. The only variable I couldn't control was the printer, and if you look closely, you'll see that I did in fact mention it in the description: "HP LaserJet 1010". If you look very closely you may even deduce the width of the paper tray but I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
I am sorry, but with this kind of "statement" you are not very helpful to reproduce and solve issues. This is not a forum to discuss personal feelings, it is an issue tracker. You can assume that your issue will not be handled favored than the issues from users who "hold the rules". Now, PLEASE give a STEP_BY_STEP description and/or provide a sample to help us evaluate. Thank you for your comprehension.
I *did* hold the rules and I *did* give a step-by-step instruction, insofar as that's possible considering that for normal people there's only one step. I've described the circumstances that cause the problem in detail, only the be asked for irrelevancies. If my previous post and perhaps this one appear a tad emotional, it's because you are leaving the impression that you can't read plain English. I'll repeat, as explicitly as I can possibly be: *Create a new document, or open an existing one. It doesn't matter where you got it, or who wrote it, or what's in it, whether it contains only text or only graphics, or both, if you use a fresh install or an existing one, or whether my computer or someone elses was used to create it. *Change the page width to something else than 21 cm. It doesn't matter how you do this. It doesn't matter if you select a built-in papersize or specify a custom one. *Print the document to a LaserJet 1010. It doesn't matter if print directly, or ask the spooler to print to file and let it print it later. *Notice that the page comes out printed as if the software assumed the page was left-aligned in the tray. On the LaserJet 1010 pages are centered in the tray; the text and/or graphics appear shifted. This only happens using OOo. What more can you possibly want? Oh, about the "I'm sorry": spare the false politeness. It's quite obvious by your tone that you're not sorry at all. And to set one final thing straight: this is not about my feelings. I'm just trying to second-guess what this hidden bit of information is, that you are looking for... you obviously know what it is, and that it won't actually help fixing the problem, but you won't do anything until I guess it, like some kind of "password"...
SBA->HI: This issue is unconfirmed yet. As we do not have this printer, please wait for a confirmation based on OOo 2.3 or a comment from PL. Put PL and myself on cc (I don't want to miss anything in this one...)
checked with 2.3.0, WinXP Printer 1: HP Deskjet 990c, left-aligned paper tray Printer 2: Okipage 6ex, centered paper tray 1. check: Tried printing a document, paper format A5 - on both printers the alignment is ok (HP Deskjet left-aligned, Okipage centered) 2. check: printing a document, user defined paper format 10 cm x 21 cm - on both printers the output is left-centered, even on the printer Okipage (not ok) -> confirmed for documents with user defined paper format on printer with centered paper tray @shinobu_maehara: To ensure that the cause is not the printer driver, please check with any other office-programme which supports user defined paper format.
SBA->jrahemipour: Thank YOU for this step-by-step description and confirmation.
For you it only happens with custom sizes? That's odd. I noticed it for the first time with one of the built-in envelope sizes and have since reproduced it for most of the sizes smaller than A4 (i.e. those that will actually fit in my printer), including custom size at various widths. As I said before, it only appeared to happen in OOo. Microsoft Word (the closest I have to Writer) prints all papersizes just fine. Most programs don't support as wide a range of papersizes as Word or Writer, but those that they support print fine. To rule out a corrupt or buggy driver I have just tried it with the driver for a similar HP printer: the LaserJet 1100, which also expects its paper to be centered in the tray, if I'm not mistaken. Same effect, it prints just the same as with the correct driver, both in Word and in Writer.
I tried to reproduce the behaviour again, this time OS Linux, printer HP Laserjet 2500n, centered paper tray, two different printer drivers: Printing a document with paper format A5: ok Printing a document with paper format User 10 x 14: not ok It happened once or twice, that the output was ok, although I set a user defined paper format.
HI->PL: Another issue for printing with specific paper format. Just choose one of your issues to set this one as duplicate.
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