Re: Evince/Adobe printing adds margins and scales down the score

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno mer 17 ago 2016 alle 11:43, Urs Liska <address@hidden> ha 
scritto:
> >  I've tried printing a score with Evince and I see that it adds 
> > margins
> >  on left, right, top and bottom and scales down the score size to fit
> >  it on the page (line-width=17,40 cm). Is it a known issue?
>
> Does it really to this even when you disable rescaling in the print 
> options?

I'm now using a different printer from yesterday and no, it doesn't 
help if I disable rescaling.

> >  lpr prints exactly what I see on the screen (line-width=19 cm).
> >
> >  Adobe also adds some margins and scales down the score, slightly 
> > less
> >  than Evince (line-width=17,90 cm)
> >
> >  If I give a score book to a printer, what should I expect? :-)
>
> If you give it to a professional printer you should expect "correct"
> results. Maybe tell them explicitly about your concerns?

Yes, I should work it out.

Thanks
Federico