Over the years, I have found that a good workaround for printing problems is to first print to PDF, and then print the PDF file. This gave me a good, serviceable workaround for the printing problem I am currently experiencing in my 64-bit install of Xubuntu Linux.
About a month ago, my Linux computer developed a printing problem — whenever I try to print anything, the printout is shrunk way down so that it prints only in one small corner of the page. However, I noticed that PDF files always print correctly.
I haven’t yet found a solution, but I have found a workaround. My workaround adds just one step to the printing process, so it isn’t bad. Basically, I “print to PDF”, then I print the resulting PDF file.
This is a really easy workaround, because saving any document or image in PDF format is very easy in Ubuntu (and therefore Xubuntu) Linux — it is built into the OS! In whatever program you are in, you tell it to “save to file”, and it will save it as a PDF file. It’s that easy! You then open the PDF file and print it.
Although I would like to find a true solution to the printing problem, the PDF workaround is so easy, and it works so well, that it’s not a problem for me at this time.
with Windows 10 running in a remote session on my file server