Page scale ignored when printing

[Mariano Dupont]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

If I try to print at 50% of the original size

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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 31 13:52:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=es_AR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Mariano Dupont (marianomd)]

Ok, this keyboard issue wasn't part of the original bug I was reporting.

BTW It happens when trying to print on firefox.

My original problem is that if I set a percentage different from 100%, I always get it printed at 100%.

I have an HP P1006 laser printer.

[ilpssun (ilpssun)]

Same here. The "scaling" parameter does not affect the "print preview" nor the actual printout. Running Ubuntu 8.04, Firefox 3.0.1.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04? Thanks in advance.

[ilpssun (ilpssun)]

Yes, confirmed. I just tried to print this page using Firefox 3.0.5 under Ubuntu 8.10. No matter what I specify as “page scaling” (I tried 50% and 33%), the output is always printed at 100% size.

[ilpssun (ilpssun)]

Correction: The scaling works well. I found out that the specified scaling on the page format tab was overriden by an option on the options tab (approximately “Ignore scaling and fit to page”). So this is not a bug but rather a usability issue. The two options should be linked or grouped so that it's clear which setting is active.

[resolv_25 (elcondor1008-hotmail)]

Good tip and comment regarding scaling by suse_user on:
http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_offset=0&comments_threadId=0&comments_parentId=90300&comments_threshold=0&thread_sort_mode=commentDate_asc&forumId=1&time_control=3600

[Mariano Dupont (marianomd)]

Thanks resolv_25, very good tip.

As ilpssun indicated, this isn't a bug, I changed it to invalid.