> > On Nov 14, 3:49 pm, J.J. O'Shea <try.not...@but.see.sig> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:33:39 -0500,gmarkwrote
> >> (in article
> >> <bc6cc54f-be10-474b-9d7b-270bcd9b1...@v39g2000pro.googlegroups.com>):

> >>> On Nov 14, 6:30 am, J.J. O'Shea <try.not...@but.see.sig> wrote:
> >>>> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:03:16 -0500,gmarkwrote
> >>>> (in article
> >>>> <9e6a331c-c3b0-4afb-9877-951fa2fb7...@v16g2000prc.googlegroups.com>):

> >>>>> On Oct 25, 8:39 am, Philo D <do...@earthling.net.invalid> wrote:
> >>>>>> In article
> >>>>>> <797cadf8-5e36-4f4d-8ed4-fc91e9e6f...@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,

> >>>>>>gmark<gm...@svs.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>> When I print fromSafari, the left margin always gets cut off.

> >>>>>>> Is there any way around this?  Scaling the printing just seems to move
> >>>>>>> it to the left and cut off the margin anyway.

> >>>>>>> TIA!

> >>>>>>> Mark

> >>>>>> When I print fromSafari, the left margin is not cut off.
> >>>>>> So, how about giving some of your details?  (OS,Safariversion,
> >>>>>> printer model, printer dialog settings, etc.)

> >>>>> Macbook pro running 10.5.5
> >>>>> Brother MFC-9840CDW
> >>>>> 2-sided full-page color printing
> >>>>> US Letter 100% scale
> >>>>> Print backgrounds not checked
> >>>>> Print headers and footers checked
> >>>>> long-edge binding

> >>>> turn this off

> >>>>> no border
> >>>>> scale to fit paper size

> >>>> if turning off the first one doesn't fix it, turn this off too.

> >>>>> Safari3.1.2 (5525.20.1)

> >>>> --
> >>>> email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.

> >>> No effect at all.  In fact, when I do turn on borders, the text
> >>> extends beyond the border and hides it, past the point where printing
> >>> can occur.  So I end up with a border line that's broken, and text
> >>> extending into the left and being cut off beyond the border.

> >>> Mark

> >> There's something seriously wrong. I have two Brother printers, and both of
> >> them do NOT exhibit this kind of problem, from Safari or any other app.

> >> Check and see what margins you have set. Check and see what happens when you
> >> print from something else.

> > That's sort of my original question -- it's only Safari, and I wanted
> > to know how I could set margins.  Safari, at any point size, doesn't
> > seem to have any way of communicating the actual printable area of the
> > Brothers printer.  It may be that other apps simply underestimate it
> > to a safe area, and Safari tries to use what it perceives as the
> > entire printable area, but is actually overestimating where this area
> > ends.  in any case, Safari "overscans" with this particular printer.
> > No matter what the point size is and no matter what the material is.

> > Mark

> And the settings in "Page Setup" are:

> Settings: Page Attributes
> Format for: Brother MFC-9840CDW
> Paper Size: US Letter
> Orientation: Portrait
> Scale: 100%

> Correct? ('Format for: Any Printer' would probably work too, but to be sure
> I'd select the precise printer in use.)

> --
> email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.