Re: Default margins in Letter truncated

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "MarcM" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:38 AM
Subject: Default margins in Letter truncated


> I am wondering if this is an expected behavior or something is wrong my
> computer and/or printer (HP Officejet Pro).
>
> My music is set with \paper {   #(set-paper-size "letter")}
>
> I print on a printer on which the default paper is "letter"
>
> When i print with the default settings the margins are truncated and the
> only half of the title of the piece is printed. To print correctly i have 
> to
> select the option to "print the entire image" which scale the page down to
> 91%. Is that normal?


I would guess your printer has a top margin that is larger than LilyPond 
sets by default, and larger than most printers.  Have you tried setting a 
larger top-margin?

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Phil Holmes