Ubuntu
prosper package

incorrect paper size

Bug #130593 reported by Sinisa Segvic
2
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prosper (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

When creating pdf presentations with prosper in feisty,
the resulting pdf files have a wrong paper size,
letter instead of A4.

How to reproduce:
===========

% file: try.tex
\documentclass[a4paper,pdf,default]{prosper}
\begin{document}
  bla bla bla
\end{document}

$ latex try
$ dvips -ta4 try.dvi -o try.ps
$ ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE=a4 try.ps

$ gv try.ps % (A4 paper, OK)
$ xpdf try.pdf % (letter paper, WRONG)
$ pdfinfo try.pdf % (says A4!)

How to fix
======
0. open try.ps in vi
1. search for CropBox
2. replace the line below...
SDict begin [ /CropBox [10 40 594 800] /PAGES pdfmark end
3. with the following line
SDict begin [ /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /PAGES pdfmark end
4. ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE=a4 try.ps
5. xpdf try.pdf % a4 paper, OK)

How this came to pass
==============

I guess some other package (used by prosper)
redefines pdf cropping box
which is set in prosper to A4,
despite we say a4paper in documentclass...

HTH,

Siniša

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report.

Please attach the output of the printingbug info script for some basic information about your printing setup, it can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrintingBugInfoScript.

Does changing the system wide default paper size give any difference, use the following command from a terminal:
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1

Changed in prosper:
assignee: nobody → pascal-devuyst
status: New → Incomplete
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Sinisa Segvic (sinisa-segvic) wrote :

Hi Pascal,

Changing the system wide default paper size
does not fix the problem.

PrintingBugInfoScript says:

ProblemType: printingbuginfo v2.0: printingbug (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrintingBugInfoSc
ript)
CupsConfiguredDevices: device for brightq: ipp://xxxx:80/ipp
CupsConfiguredPPDs: brightq: Canon iR2220-3320
Date: Mon Aug 6 11:57:20 2007
DesktopEnvironment: GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
EtcPapersize: a4
InstalledPrintingPackages:
 ii cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu8 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
server
 ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 printer drivers for CUPS
 ii foo2zjs 20061224-0ubuntu3 Support for printing to ZjStream-b
ased printers
 ii foomatic-db 20070327-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - dat
abase
 ii foomatic-db-engine 3.0.2-20070303-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
grams
 ii foomatic-db-gutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 OpenPrinting printer support - dat
abase for Gutenprint printer d
 ii foomatic-db-hpijs 20070327-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - dat
abase for HPIJS driver
 ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20070323-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ters
 ii gnome-cups-manager 0.31-3ubuntu5 CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME
 ii gs-common 0.3.11ubuntu1 Common files for different Ghostsc
ript releases
 ii gs-esp 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
eter - ESP version
 ii gs-esp-x 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
eter - ESP version
 ii gs-gpl 8.54.dfsg.1-5build1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int
erpreter
 ii hpijs 2.7.2+1.7.3-0ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs
 IJS driver (hpijs)
 ii hplip 1.7.3-0ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
em (HPLIP)
 ii ijsgutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 inkjet server - Ghostscript driver
 for Gutenprint
 ii kdeprint 3.5.6-0ubuntu20.1 print system for KDE
 ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.18.0-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
 runtime files
 ii min12xxw 0.0.9-1build1 Printer driver for KonicaMinolta P
agePro 1[234]xxW
 ii pnm2ppa 1.12-16 PPM to PPA converter
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C, LC_PAPER=C
Uname: Linux xxxx 2.6.20-16-386 #2 Thu Jun 7 20:16:13 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/L
inux

HTH,

Siniša

Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)
Changed in prosper:
assignee: pascal-devuyst → nobody
status: Incomplete → New
Revision history for this message
Daniel T Chen (crimsun) wrote :

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 beta or later?

Changed in prosper:
status: New → Incomplete
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report didn't yield the required information. Please go ahead and submit a new crash report if it crashes again with the latest available version of the package. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

Changed in prosper (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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