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Subject:    Re: [cups.general] Custom paper height limit
From:       Ivan Mica <ivan.mica () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-01-26 21:48:03
Message-ID: 38786-cups.general () news ! easysw ! com
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I have just found the most probable reason in the printer specification, it is not \
allowed to print on higher than 676mm paper. Apparently, this limit can not be easily \
broken.

> Unfortunately most Canon printers do not offer public technical > documentation, \
> however the typical limit is caused by the command set > being used, for example \
> the length might be limited to a 16-bit integer > value at 360 DPI. 
> On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Ivan Mica wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for a quick reply. Do you see some way, how to discover, > whether this is \
> > a driver limit or a printer limit? As I do not see any > technical reason, why \
> > the printer could not print on "infinite" plotter > paper - and I do not \
> > understand the driver issue. Is there any hope to > cross such a limit? 
> > > This is most likely either a driver or a printer limit you are > running =
> > > into...
> > > 
> > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Ivan Mica wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > =20
> > > > I would like to print onto very long continuous paper with my Cannon > =
> > > iP4700, however I crashed on some hard limit, that I can neither > cross =
> > > nor explain...
> > > > =20
> > > > E.g.
> > > > $ lp -o media=3DCustom.21x59.7cm out.ps
> > > > works perfectly, but
> > > > $ lp -o media=3DCustom.21x69.7cm out.ps
> > > > does not even start to print (job gets however marked as completed)
> > > > =20
> > > > I tried to experiment with the corresponding PPD, namely I increase > =
> > > the
> > > > *MaxMediaHeight: "1917"
> > > > to
> > > > *MaxMediaHeight: "2917"
> > > > and
> > > > *ParamCustomPageSize Height: 2 points 257.96 1916.23
> > > > to
> > > > *ParamCustomPageSize Height: 2 points 257.96 2916.23
> > > > =20
> > > > with no visible effect... But this was really just an intuitive =
> > > experiment - I have no previous experience with PPD, so maybe I was =>
> > > doing something wrong.
> > > > =20
> > > > Can someone explain this behaviour or give me an advice, where to > look =
> > > to learn how to change the PPD appropriately?
> > > > =20
> > > > Thanks in advance
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> > > > ________________________________________________________________________
> > > Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
> > > 
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> ________________________________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
> 

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