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rodyager / RWTS-PDFwriter

An OSX print to pdf-file printer driver
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Page Options Not Available #46

Open andrewvaughan opened 6 months ago

andrewvaughan commented 6 months ago

For whatever reason, when I use this printer in an app that implements its own print screen, there are no paper sizes that are available and it prevents those apps from being able to print. My guess is there's some standard "supported paper sizes" configuration that the virtual printer doesn't have populated.

megamaniac commented 6 months ago

I have this same problem in Fusion360... I was assuming it was a deliberate prevention by the F360 app to stop the 'workaround' of printing out a drawing to pdf.

Edit: It doesn't loo like it's anything to do with default page sizes. I tried editing the pps file in /etc/cups/ppd by just pasting the settings from another printer I have - this does modify the paper sizes in most applications but not in F360 which still shows a blank box and does not allow 'printing' to PDFWriter.

andrewvaughan commented 6 months ago

That's helpful, and you may very well be right. It's been a while but I know Fusion360 previously didn't block PDF printers. It wouldn't surprise me if it now blocks any printer with "PDF" in the name.

I also tested another app with no pages and it printed fine, so that does not seem to be the root cause.

Maybe this can be a feature request to allow the user to change their printer name and metadata either at install or in the print utility.