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Allow not specifying a page size for printers which cut paper after printing #55

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mgobat opened this issue May 19, 2022 · 5 comments
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Allow not specifying a page size for printers which cut paper after printing #55

mgobat opened this issue May 19, 2022 · 5 comments
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mgobat commented May 19, 2022

Users with printers which cut the paper after printing would like an option to not specify a page size and rather rely on the printer to "do that work". Ex Libris will investigate this possibility.
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This already works in version 1.3.1. So why it could be hard with later versions?

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mgobat commented May 19, 2022

@Aavalaakso, in order to support running the application as a Windows service, which was the major enhancement in 2.0, we had to completely change the way printing works. Pre-2.0, we used a browser window to print the Alma documents. Since Windows services can't have a UI, we had to change that; 2.0 renders the Alma letter as a PDF then prints the PDF. The PDF generator wants a document format (A3, A4, A5, letter, etc) or a page size specified. We are looking at alternatives...

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Thanks for technical side. I understand the problem now.

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Use pre-2.0 method of printing if not running as a Windows service
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This is issues #53 and #55.
Also fix GitHub issue #35.
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mgobat commented May 26, 2022

Rather than adding support for unknown printout dimensions (which isn't really possible with the PDF generator), if you are not running the Alma Print Daemon as a Windows service, the old method of printing via the Window is used. Please see https://github.com/ExLibrisGroup/alma-print-daemon/releases/tag/v2.1.0-beta2 for details.

mgobat added a commit that referenced this issue Mar 9, 2023
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2.1.0 (#71)
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* 2.1.0

Add ability to edit printer profiles, GitHub issue #43.
Add ability to define a custom format with page height and width, GitHub issue #53 (sort of).

* Use pre-2.0 method of printing if not running as a Windows service

This is issues #53 and #55.
Also fix GitHub issue #35.

* Remove auto update

Remove auto update and fix GitHub issue #35 during initial configuration.

* Remove beta version indication
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korgol commented Sep 11, 2023

Could you add A6 format, now I have to set dimensions manualy?

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