Bug 45888 - Functionality request: Automatic horizontal centring of Custom page sizes for printing
Summary: Functionality request: Automatic horizontal centring of Custom page sizes for...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.4.5 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: medium enhancement
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Blocks: Print-Dialog
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Reported: 2012-02-10 04:53 UTC by Yaroslav
Modified: 2018-11-12 05:23 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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File with 4.9inch page which is impossible to print centered (77.50 KB, application/msword)
2012-07-16 09:23 UTC, Yaroslav
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screenshot in 3.5.5 on Fedora of printing dialog (105.16 KB, image/png)
2012-07-20 12:04 UTC, sasha.libreoffice
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Description Yaroslav 2012-02-10 04:53:36 UTC
Unfortunately I do not know where to post this so I'll post in the bugtracker.

When I want to print a non-standard page (say 4.9inx4.9in), LibreOffice tries to choose the most fitting page template to print it on, but there is no option to choose my own page sizes. This task is easily done from MS Office, but I've yet to find a way to correctly print non-standard page sizes.
Comment 1 sasha.libreoffice 2012-05-17 05:17:24 UTC
Thanks for bugreport
Please, attach example document that demonstrates this problem with printing
Comment 2 Yaroslav 2012-07-16 09:23:12 UTC
Created attachment 64263 [details]
File with 4.9inch page which is impossible to print centered

Here's a file.
Comment 3 Yaroslav 2012-07-20 08:45:51 UTC
System is Ubuntu 10.04
Printer is HP Laserjet 1200, reproduced on 1020 too
Comment 4 sasha.libreoffice 2012-07-20 12:04:15 UTC
Created attachment 64428 [details]
screenshot in 3.5.5 on Fedora of printing dialog

in 3.5.5 on Fedora using printer Samsung ML 1610, I can select format A5. Page becomes centred. May be it is printer-specific? Or I misunderstand problem.
Comment 5 Yaroslav 2012-07-20 12:57:18 UTC
Thing is, document is not standard A5 paper. In Microsoft Word, when you try to print a custom page on A4 paper, it automatically centers the paper (because the paper limiter in the printer itself is symmetrical and it HAS to print centered). But in Ubuntu/LO3.4.5 (same in 3.5.4) it always prints the page aligned left.
Comment 6 sasha.libreoffice 2012-07-20 14:55:26 UTC
Let formulate it as functionality request: If page size of document is less than default paper size of printer, then automatically centre page of document horizontally. 

In our case paper size of printer is A4, and page size of document is CD-disk size. And we need that document will be printed in upper middle of page. It is because paper will be placed in middle of paper tray of printer.