problem when printing from command line

Hi,
I'm using Abiword 2.4.6 under Debian unstable (x86), and I noticed some
strange things when printing. I don't know if it is a known issue or
not.

I included a call to abiword to generate a ps file in a makefile, in
order to automatically generate the postscript file for printing
("abiword -p file_from_command_line.ps file.abw").

I generated it, and reviewed it using gv and ggv: all seemed right. When
I printed the .ps generated file (from the command line, running "lpr
file_from_command_line.ps"), I noticed that the top margin was not the
one I have in the document.

Then I printed the file to postscript using the File->Print dialog,
selecting "Generic Postscript", and choosing "file" from the "target"
combobox (I don't know the exact english label, since I'm running it in
my language). I called the output filename "file_from_abiword.ps".
Afterwards, I run "lpr file_from_abiword.ps". The printed sheet was
perfect.

If I compare the two .ps files as shown by gv or ggv, they are nearly
the same. However, they seems to be generated using different tools.

The file "file_from_command_line.ps" has this header:

%!PS-Adobe-2.0
%%Creator: AbiWord
%%Orientation: Portrait
%%Pages: 0
%%DocumentPaperSizes: A4
%%DocumentSuppliedResources: font BitstreamVeraSerif-Roman
BitstreamVeraSerif-Bold
%%EndComments

while the file "file_from_abiword.ps" has this header:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Creator: Gnome Print Version 2.12.1
%%CreationDate: D:20070409133826
%%LanguageLevel: 2
%%DocumentMedia: Regular 595 841 0 () ()
%%Orientation: Portrait
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 596 842
%%Pages: 1
%%PageOrder: Ascend
%%Title:
%%DocumentSuppliedResources: procset pnome-print-procs-2.12.1
%%+ font (GnomeUni-BitstreamVeraSerif-Roman) cvn
%%+ font (GnomeUni-BitstreamVeraSerif-Bold) cvn
%%Requirements: numcopies(1) duplex
%%EndComments

I don't know why they are generated using different backends, or why gv
and ggv doesn't show any difference. However I'd like that the
postscript file generated by abiword from the command line
could be printed correctly.

Despite the fact I'm describing here is to print only one document, I
can't avoid the command line because I'm using the mail merging feature
"abiword -m file.csv -p file.ps file.abw".

Any pointers will be very appreciated. I can provide the abiword
document, as well as both postscript outputs if needed. Should I submit
this to the bug tracker?

Thanks in advance,

Carlos

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Received on Mon Apr 9 14:17:31 2007