Wrong page margins printing on a Brother MFC-L8390CDW

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Hey guys,

have a brand new Brother MFC-L8390CDW multifunctional device and got it working within minutes without big problems. The only problem is, that the document is out of the sides scope.

What does that mean? The document is moved to the upper side of the page. So, a few lines are missing at the beginning of the document, and at the bottom of the page there is too much empty space.

I tried printing on Debian, openSUSE and Fedora. Printing there, I don’t suffer that problem.

Does anybody know this kind of problem and can help with resolving that issue?

Thanks a lot.

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When I print I use a Brother HL-L8260CDW - which I had to add using a ‘home-made’ custom package.

I suspect your printer definition, the .ppd file, used is incorrect or your document is defining the margins outside the print area :man_shrugging: but it is impossible to know without access to the exact printer.

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Did you use this driver package?
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-mfc-l8390cdw
It is apparently a network printer - which should make it easy.
Someone wrote something about his setup here:
https://allien.work/en/wiki/arch-linux-brother-mfc-l8390cdw-printer-scanner

Arch Linux & Brother MFC L8390CDW printer-scanner • Allien.work

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