varying output size of printed PDF pages (with CUPS)

[tomcloyd]

I'm looking for a better solution to this problem:

I have some music scores in PDF format. Printed to USA standard 8.5 x 11 size paper, some are too wide by a bit, and some are too tall. When scanning scores already printed, I can reduce the size of the scanned image and thus solve the problem. Reduction to 95% of original is usually sufficient.

I'm currently solving the problem by imputing the PDF scores to GIMP, at 600dpi input resolution (SLOW), reducing the image size, and printing from that. What I get is good enough, but clearly not as good a resolution as obtained by printing directly from the PDF. I've tried all the tweaks I can find, and cannot match pure PDF resolution, by this method. Plus, I have to do a page at a time, and it is laborious and slow.

I cannot find any way to simply reduce the output print size in either the printer controls or the CUPS system controls.

Is there a better solution than routing the page through GIMP for reduction?

Thanks for any help!

[toad]

Re: varying output size of printed PDF pages (with CUPS)

Hi,

if all your scores are in pdf format, you should either be able to use kpdf (for kde3) or ocular (kde4) to view and use their printer settings to make it fit on an A4 or US letter. Is this not possible for you Alternatively, try Adobe reader.

The other way does indeed seem cumbersome...

[tomcloyd]

Re: varying output size of printed PDF pages (with CUPS)

The problem is that KPDF does not have a resizing functionality. I direct the print to a USA 8.5x11" sheet, and stuff gets cut off. It's not a margin problem. The print image is just too big for the paper, and there's no way to reduce it - that I could find.

[toad]

Re: varying output size of printed PDF pages (with CUPS)

Have you tried the adobe reader? That has always worked without a fail for me.

[tomcloyd]

Re: varying output size of printed PDF pages (with CUPS)

Thanks! It completely solved my problem.

t.