Comment 8 for bug 491231

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de_hash (nospam2-y2ag) wrote :

I have the same Problem:

The page size is A4 in document settings, but becomes LETTER in print dialog.

Have to stop using Inkscape due to this if it is not fixed!!

As Suv wrote:
"Could this be an upstream GTK+ bug in the Windows GtkPrint backend?"

Bug 505123 ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505123):
"What's sent to the printer for paper-size is either not
rounded up to the mm or is not "A4". Some printers then choose the "next
lowest" paper-size and some allow a user-defined paper-size and try to print
using the exact paper-size. As this paper size is usually not available each
printer/driver will then react different according to its options. Some may
print, some may ask for paper, some may ask for a decision which paper to use,
some may not print at all ...
And as it is not the correct paper size that is sent to the printer driver it
can never stick, of course.
So, with that information I think it should be much easier to fix this, I hope."