Re: Noob can't print right on Win32....

["Nick Fisher" <Nick nickdafish com>]

> > > > I'm in the US so I'm using letter sized paper.
> > > AFAIK, that is exactly your problem.
> > >
> > > US Letter is narrower than A4
> > > so the on screen lines will be misleading.
> > I used to live in the UK and I've run across this one before ;)
> Infact
> > ANSI A paper is .6cm wider and 1.8cm shorter.....  This is what
> confuzes
> > me. If this was the problem the diagram should be to narrow and too
> > long... not too wide. however this may be why I always get a blank
> sheet
> > of paper with every print.  Also when I change back to A4 (Page setup
> > appears to have paper size support) the problem is still there (I'm
> using
> > GhostScript to view)!  And landscape mode is totaly whacked out no
> matter
> > what the size..  I'm wondering if this is a Dia thing or a Win32 Dia
> > thing.
>
> I've been using Linux Dia with Letter paper for a long time without
> this
> problem, so I'm guessing it's a Win32 Dia problem.  Probably the same
> as
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85831
OOooooo.... Nicely found.
I had a rummage in Buzilla but I guess I missed that one!

> > > Hopefully you can workaround it.
> > My current tactic is to eport to PNG...
> > Not very handy but it works for now...
> Oh, that's horrible.  Can you export to EPS and use Ghostscript to
> print?
No...... the EPS export is just as bad as the prints.
SVG however is starting to look very promising! Though I may have to
install Illustrator to format them :(
I was trying to stay away from expensive bloatware by using Dia. Know of
any good SVG viewer/printers on Win32? The only free one I've found is the
Adobe SVG viewer and that only appears to work in IE.

Thanks ;)
At least I *know* that this is a Win32 bug and I'm not just doing
something silly.

  Nick