[Users] How to set print margins

Tristan Miller psychonaut at nothingisreal.com
Mon Nov 28 20:30:43 CET 2016


Greetings.

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:38:47 +0000, Paul
<claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:04:24 +0100
> Tristan Miller <psychonaut at nothingisreal.com> wrote: 
> 
> > Can someone tell me how to set the page margins for printing?  I
> > see no margin settings in the dialogs for File->Page Setup… and
> > File->Print. I also didn't see anything relevant in any of the
> > Configuration->Preferences… dialog, though maybe I overlooked
> > something.
> > 
> > If it makes any difference, I have no physical printers; I'm just
> > "printing" to PDF.  
> 
> The margins are normally set by the printer. To set your own you need
> to set up a custom size. Open '/File/Page setup...', select the
> 'Manage custom sizes' from the 'paper size' combo. Here you can
> create a new custom size and you will see settings for margins.

OK, I was able to set a custom size there; thanks.  But since I don't
have a real hardware printer, where is Claws Mail getting the default
A4 margins from?  Is this something from CUPS?

Regards,
Tristan

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