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Remote Printing A4 Pages

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Version 7.6.2.0 for host and viewer
Windows 10 22H2

I have installed the "Remote Utilities Printer" driver, but when I go to "Printer Properties" is shows the page size as "Letter", not "A4". How do I change this? My applications are all configured for A4 pages.

Remote Printing A4 Pages - 17 Feb 2025 09:46:06

Normally, I would click on "Preferences ...", but this driver doesn't have anything useful.
Any suggestions?
Hello Donn,

Thank you for your message.

It seems like the "letter" is the default size option due to the US metric system. Could you please let us know what happens if you try printing out a document that is not a "letter" format (i.e. are you able to try and select a completely different format in one of your applications)? We will try to reproduce this in our environment.

Looking forward to your reply.
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I am not in the US. Windows is set up for my country (South Africa). The only "US" setting is for my keyboard. All my printer drivers apart fr om the RU Printer driver are set to their default A4.

I have checked this on several PCs, including one that runs Windows 7. ALL of them default to the incorrect "Letter" size with the RU Printer driver, but other drivers like "PrimoPDF" and "Microsoft Print to PDF" correctly default to A4.

When I print to the "Remote Utilities Printer" the output comes out on the viewer end as Letter size, even when I sel ect an A4 printer like "PrimoPDF".

Applications like Microsoft Access get the page size information fr om the printer driver in use, and the result is that 1-page A4 reports get chopped off at the bottom and become 2 pages.

Where does the  "Remote Utilities Printer" driver get the information to use "Letter" size, or is it hard coded?
Edited:Donn Edwards - Feb 18, 2025 4:23:16 am EST
Hi Donn,

Thank you for the update.

I will forward the issue to our developers to see if they can provide any input on this.

I’ll get back to you with an update on this shortly.
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Pauline wrote:
I will forward the issue to our developers to see if they can provide any input on this.

Any feedback from the developers?

FWIW, A4 page size is used in most English-speaking and countries *except* the USA (and Canada?) and all metric countries. So it would be Europe, UK, Israel, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
Hi Donn,

Thank you for your patience.

I will check with our developers to see if they already had a chance to review your request.

I’ll keep you updated.

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