Feature request: Print preview and page scale for Windows 11

ekibun · June 2, 2025

I'm currently using zotero7 in Windows 11. When I print pdf by presing ctrl+p in zotero, the dialog shows "No preview available" and the page scale setting in the "More setings" doesn't work. It always prints as the actual size with a white margin.

martynas_b · June 2, 2025

Can you make a screenshot demonstrating the issue?

ekibun · June 3, 2025

In windows 11, there is a new printer UI and provides a preview box. Some of the UWP apps support it, such as built-in Photos.

It would be useful for some pdf with non-A4 page size, particually for Japanese and Chinese journals.

I'm currently use HP printer and have enabled the "scale to fit" option but it didn't work and the printed documents alway shown in the top-left of the pages with their own size and left a large white margin on the right and bottom.

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martynas_b · June 3, 2025

Does this issue occur with all PDF files?

ekibun · June 3, 2025

The problem occurs for all PDFs whose page size is not A4. It seems that zotero provides a fixed size to the printer and put the pdf page on it's left-top.
Maybe you can reproduce it by rotating one page to landscape.

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