Bug 132933 - Printing large fonts doesn't work but exporting does
Summary: Printing large fonts doesn't work but exporting does
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.5.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2020-05-10 21:07 UTC by William Friedman
Modified: 2021-08-11 16:16 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Example printed with regular dialog box (2.94 KB, application/pdf)
2020-05-10 21:10 UTC, William Friedman
Details
Example produced by Export to PDF (9.40 KB, application/pdf)
2020-05-10 21:12 UTC, William Friedman
Details

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Description William Friedman 2020-05-10 21:07:53 UTC
Description:
When printing a document with very large font sizes (e.g., 600pt font) where a single letter appears to take up the whole page on screen (and in "print preview"), printing through the regular print dialog box results in printing a smaller letter. This is true whether printing to a regular printer or to an external PDF printer like CutePDF. When exporting to PDF, however, the letter prints normally, taking up the whole page as expected, and printing the PDF works perfectly as well.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set font size to 600pt.
2. Type a single letter, which should take up the whole page.
3. Go to print preview, see that the letter takes up the whole page.
4. Go to File | Print, and print the document; see that it prints smaller in the corner.
5. Go to File | Export; open in a PDF reader and see that the letter prints properly, taking up the whole page.

Actual Results:
Printing in step 4 prints a small letter in the corner.

Expected Results:
Printing should print the same result as exporting to PDF in step 5.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 6.4.3.2 (x64)
Build ID: 747b5d0ebf89f41c860ec2a39efd7cb15b54f2d8
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 William Friedman 2020-05-10 21:10:59 UTC
Created attachment 160629 [details]
Example printed with regular dialog box

This was printed using the regular Print dialog box with CutePDF. The same thing happens when I print to my printer.
Comment 2 William Friedman 2020-05-10 21:12:03 UTC
Created attachment 160630 [details]
Example produced by Export to PDF

This is the result produced by Export to PDF, using the default options.
Comment 3 BogdanB 2020-05-11 14:13:06 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 4 William Friedman 2020-05-11 14:16:03 UTC
(In reply to BogdanB from comment #3)
> I printed an "A" 600pt font and the same size is on my Epson printer and
> also on printing into a PDF file.
> 
> I can't confirm your bug.
> 
> Tested with
> Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha1
> Build ID: 6a03b2a54143a9bc0c6d4c7f1...
> CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
> Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI: en-US
> Calc: threaded
> 
> And also with
> Version: 6.4.3.2
> Build ID: libreoffice-6.4.3.2-snap1
> CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; 
> Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO.UTF-8); UI-Language: en-US
> Calc: threaded

Perhaps a Linux vs. Windows issue?
Comment 5 BogdanB 2020-05-11 14:23:46 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 6 BogdanB 2020-05-12 10:26:17 UTC
Confirm it on
Version: 6.4.3.2 (x64)
Build ID: 747b5d0ebf89f41c860ec2a39efd7cb15b54f2d8
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: GL; VCL: win; 
Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded

The letter "A" that I printed is more than half smaller tahn the "A" from PDF.
Comment 7 BogdanB 2020-05-12 10:28:20 UTC
Also in
Version: 7.0.0.0.alpha1+ (x64)
Build ID: 0e3196c49b84651df20b770d5cd7f0bbb19dfc40
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win; 
Locale: ro-RO (ro_RO); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 8 BogdanB 2020-05-12 10:33:25 UTC
Also in Version: 6.3.5.2 (x86)
Build ID: dd0751754f11728f69b42ee2af66670068624673
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-US (ro_RO); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 9 Timur 2021-08-10 13:25:04 UTC
I didn't see such a large difference, but I did see some.
Seems like resolved from LO 7.1.
Please retest.
Comment 10 Timur 2021-08-10 14:00:37 UTC
Rebisect would be nice, I don't have it in Windows. Thanks.
Comment 11 William Friedman 2021-08-11 16:16:54 UTC
Confirmed now working properly on:

Version: 7.1.5.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 85f04e9f809797b8199d13c421bd8a2b025d52b5
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: CL