[oXygen-user] [bug] printing diagrams is broke

[Timothy Reaves]

java.runtime.version	1.6.0_02-b06
os.version	5.1

So, JDK 1.6 on Windows XP.

> Can you let me know the operating system and the Java VM version (from
> the oXygen About box dialog, the system properties tab)?
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> Thank you,
> Dan
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> Timothy Reaves wrote:
>>      Yes, I'd like to have the option to change the diagram components.
>> I'd also like the option to set the page size.  When I select a
>> plotter, the print diagram shows paper size, and I select ANSI E
>> (34"x44"), the page size is still 8.5x11(this isn't displayed
>> anywhere), so it still wants to print 24 pages!
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>> On Tue, July 31, 2007 03:02, Dan Caprioara wrote:
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>>> Yes, there is a problem with the printing system. Sorry for the paper
>>> waste.. Currently it is computed a rectangle that contains the entire
>>> diagram. Because the schema diagram may by unbalanced - one component
>>> may
>>> be deeply expanded to the right and the rest collapsed - the resulted
>>> rectangle contains regions of blank space which get printed. An
>>> optimization would be for us to verify if there was something really
>>> painted on each page.  For the moment, the best thing is to save the
>>> diagram as an image and then print it from another image processing
>>> application. Another thing: the printing scale is ok? Would you like an
>>> option to change the size of the diagram components?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Timothy Reaves wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I went to print a diagram of a schema I have been working on.  So I
>>>> context-clicked and selected print.  The dialog that pops up offers
>>>> little real options (margin and orientation), so I just pressed OK and
>>>> walked over to the printer.  Where 24 pages of paper were waiting for
>>>> me.  So I'm left wondering what moron thought that was a good thing
>>>> when
>>>> designing the print system?  What an incredible waste of paper.  Plus,
>>>> like I really have nothing better to do that tape 24 pages (it's a
>>>> relatively small schema too) together.
>>>>
>>>> I'm a big fan of oXygen, and have converted several of my co-workers
>>>> over to it.  This is really the first time I've had to just scratch my
>>>> head in wonder.  For images, the print system should either constrain
>>>> to
>>>> a single page (the default), or ask what to do.
>>>>
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