Force setting standard paper A4

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Mon Apr 30 08:30:38 UTC 2012


On 30 April 2012 09:24, oxy <oxyopes at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I did not mean that.  From Firefox select Print and on Page Setup tab
>> select paper size A4.  Does that then work and does it stick?
>
> Oh man that works!
> Anyway i'd suggest unifying this config with the on on about:config.
> It makes no sense having it doubled.
>
> Also, we can surely make Firefox listen to the value of libpaper1
> in the system settings.

No good saying that here, firefox developers do not read this as far
as I know.  File a bug.

Colin

>
> Best ...
>
> On 4/30/12, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 30 April 2012 08:34, oxy <oxyopes at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> If you go to print from FF and set the paper size in the print
>>>> settings to A4 then presumably it is ok for that print.  Does it then
>>>> stay at A4 possibly for further prints?
>>>
>>> i did
>>>   about:config
>>>   print.postscript.paper_size set value to “A4″
>>>
>>> nothing changes ...
>>
>> I did not mean that.  From Firefox select Print and on Page Setup tab
>> select paper size A4.  Does that then work and does it stick?
>>
>> Further to what you have said above, also check
>> print.print_paper_size.  Also in the search bar on about:config enter
>> paper_size and check that all the entries for the various printers are
>> set to User Set (at least that is what mine are set to).
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>>
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