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Bug 674519 - Cannot print A3 format
Cannot print A3 format
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 505123
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: General
2.8.0-RC1
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-04-21 08:01 UTC by Jens Ulrik Mouritsen
Modified: 2012-05-28 11:09 UTC
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Description Jens Ulrik Mouritsen 2012-04-21 08:01:40 UTC 
I have a Brother MFC-J6910DW printer.
I does not print in A3 format from GIMP (A4 works fine).
I set it up as follows:
1. Page setup: format A3
2. Print, Basic: A3 size
3. Print, Advanced: Scale to A3

What happens is a print on A3 paper with A4 print size.

I have tied to downscale a huge image downto A3 and I have upscaled a small image (100*100 px) to A3. The result is the same. A3 paper with A4 printout.

I can print A3 from all my other applications (like OpenOffice) I have printed out huge images (more that 8000 px height) from GIMP via Windows 7 Photo Viewer on A3 paper in A3 format via PNG file format.

But it would be nice to print directly from GIMP - which is a fantastic program which is very robust and fairly easy to use.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2012-04-21 11:32:11 UTC 
Hi Jens, 
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.
Please try the unstable GIMP development version 2.8.0-rc1 (or later) and report back if the problem still exists, as there will not be any more fixes to the stable GIMP version 2.6.x.
Unofficial Windows builds for 2.8.0-rc1 are available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-win/files/GIMP%20%2B%20GTK%2B%20%28development%20rel.%29/
Comment 2 Jens Ulrik Mouritsen 2012-04-21 14:57:23 UTC 
Thanks for the feedback.

I have tested this problem on version 2.8.0-RC1.

There is nothing new regarding A3-print compared to 2.6.11. The problem still persist.
Comment 3 Michael Schumacher 2012-04-22 19:11:20 UTC 
Could this be the "can't set any paper format except a4 and letter" problem of the gtk+ printing on Windows?
Comment 4 Jens Ulrik Mouritsen 2012-04-22 20:29:51 UTC 
My qualifications are insufficient to decide this, but I can say that when I select A3 in the print menu it does not remember A3 like most other applications will, but is back to A4 at next print.
Comment 5 Michael Schumacher 2012-04-24 20:13:26 UTC 
This may be bug #505123
Comment 6 Michael Schumacher 2012-05-28 11:09:38 UTC 
Let's assume it is.

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 505123 ***