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PDF Print margin in inch instead of mm

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Hi!

System: Windows 10 Windows Language: English US Windows Region: Austria

Even though Region is Austria, PDF printing dialog shows inches for margins. I can't find a setting to change that. Firefox either needs to respect the region setting of Windows or include an own setting to choose units. I suppose it derives units from the language settings. That's obviously wrong.

Many Greetings! Remo

Hi! System: Windows 10 Windows Language: English US Windows Region: Austria Even though Region is Austria, PDF printing dialog shows inches for margins. I can't find a setting to change that. Firefox either needs to respect the region setting of Windows or include an own setting to choose units. I suppose it derives units from the language settings. That's obviously wrong. Many Greetings! Remo

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Another option would be to derive the units for the margin from the selected paper format. A4 is always mm.

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Also, when selecting to print headers and footers, they don't respect the margin at all.

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Does it help to use the system dialogue? Scroll down the dialogue you get with ctl+p and press "Print using the system dialogue". The following is a relevant article.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-print-web-pages-firefox

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Hi Terry!

No, unfortunately not. I was not specific enough: I selected "Save to PDF" as the printer. That is no printer installed on the system. It's just Firefox functionality.

Many Greetings! Remo

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Go to about:config in the address bar and create/edit print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_paper_size_unit (Number) with value 1.

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Thanks! At least Firefox now uses the proper units.