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Ever since I printed a document from Evince in landscape orientation, LibreOffice Calc / Writer refuses to print anything correctly. It is scaling everything by 0.5x and rotating it. To get the same effect, go to print -> page layout tab -> pages per sheet = 2. However, I don't want 2. I want 1.

I have wizzed through all of the printing options a few times but can't get to the bottom of this. I've restarted my printer and computer several times. I have done sudo apt-get purge libreoffice* and reinstalled again. Still it will not print full size.

(Of course I have checked that the page settings are set to A4 and portrait.)

Update: this problem is specific to one printer only, to printing from within LibreOffice (Calc, Writer). With other printers / programs I have no problems.

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  • What happens if you print from other applications (Browser, LibreOffice Writer, Gnumeric, gedit or anything else)? Which ubuntu version are you using? 12.04?
    – tohuwawohu
    Sep 17, 2012 at 10:53
  • Thanks for the comment! All other applications are fine. (For the moment I am doing export to pdf and then printing from evince = works.) I can confirm this is not just Calc - Writer is also doing the same. Sep 18, 2012 at 3:34
  • I'm at a loss to fix this! I have done sudo apt-get purge libreoffice* and reinstalled, and printed a brand new document. It still prints everything half size. This time a two page landscape document gets printed to fit exactly onto one A4 portrait piece of paper :-/ Sep 25, 2012 at 10:32
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    This is an obvious one but I'll post it in the interest of being thorough: Print/Page Layout(tab)/Pages per sheet should be set to 1. Sep 25, 2012 at 11:01
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    Can you delete ~/.config/evince (copy to your desktop if you want a backup) and try again? I suspect this has more to do with evince than LibreOffice or the printer. Open your home folder in Nautilus and press Ctrl + H to show hidden files which will reveal the .config folder. Oct 2, 2012 at 8:53

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Solved: deleted offending printer and reinstalled. Now everything is now working OK.

I still have no idea what went wrong though...

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  • Good idea : I had suddenly the same problem in latest Libreoffice from xubuntu 16.04: deleting/recreating printer solved . Not so evident as other software printing were ok .
    – laugeo
    Jan 6, 2017 at 13:34
  • It's amazing that the same problem and solution from 2012 are still relevant! Jan 9, 2017 at 4:06
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I've searched and tried a lot of solutions for that and found only one that works. To print document in landscape you have to create Lanscape style.

Go to Format - Styles and Formatting

Then go to tab Page Styles. Right click and select New.

Create new style, (named for example "Landscape"), under Page tab select paper format and most important Landscape orientation. Turn off/on Header and footer by will. Save it and activate Page Style by double-click on it (in my case Landscape). File Print.. and voila! To go back to regular portrait print just double-click Default Page Style under Styles and Formatting.

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  • Hi @alen-t, thanks for the answer. But I'm not trying to print landscape! Oct 2, 2012 at 8:25

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