Print Margins

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Hello friends

I printed a picture last week where I did not want any margins (i.e. print right up to the edge of the sheet of paper). Worked fine. I had changed the print preview - page setup - margins and headers/footers to: ‘0’.

Now, whenever I print any webpage, I get the same result. I would like to set the margins back to default, whatever that is. I can change the margins and headers/footers to any number (except .5 apparently) and it will stay and resolve the issue. Yet, other than eying it, I prefer to set these numbers to whatever the standard is; presumably the default. The World WIDE Web is void of this answer.

I have gone to about:config and found several entries such as this: print.printer_HP_Deskjet_F4200_series.print_edge_bottom_ (etc) and all were set to ‘0’. I change those setting to default from *user set. * I don’t know if that was the right thing to do but nothing changed. When I went back to about:config my changes were not kept. I did close out CB.

When I want to print a webpage I click print preview - page setup - margins and headers/footers and see that .5 is the setting for all sides. Yet my printing show no margins all the way to the page edge. I regret changing the margins for that one copy.

It is not the printer. I also have *Firefox *installed. Going to the same webpage and using *Firefox *to print that same page gives me what appears to be standard margins. The *margins and headers/footers *are set to the same .5 as in CB.

I would like, when I print webpages with CB, the resulting image to print on a sheet of paper showing normal recessed borders. How do I set CB back to where is was before I changed the *margins and headers/footers *to zero and have it stick?

I always have the most recent version of CometBird. Presently, I am using Vista 32.

Thanks for your hard work.* *

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Did you look at File → Page Setup?

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Did you look at File → Page Setup?

Yes…which takes me to Print Preview-> Page Setup. Same exact window.

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Hello Kluelos

This quirk has been resolved. Apparently all that was needed was a reboot after I set to default. The settings now ‘stick’…tested and all is fine.

Thanks again

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Glad you resolved it. My printer does that too sometimes with other applications.

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First of all, sorry about my late reply. :stuck_out_tongue:

There’s no need to modify about:config’s values to do such a simple setting. In fact, it ain’t recommendable to do it that way! Always use the UI to do changes/personalizations to your CometBird, unless you really need to modify something you can’t do through the UI (before screwin’ it up hard by yourself, ask for some help or suggestion at CometForums to do the right thing, if you’re in doubt!). :wink:

The default margins’ value is 12.7 millimeters for top, bottom, left and right. However, with your permission, I would like to suggest you to try 5.0 millimeters. If you don’t like how pages are printed with 5.0 millimeters of margin, you can set them back as 12.7 or any other value you want.

Best regards,