> 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