Bug#656179: pdfposter should allow for printing overlap

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Package: pdfposter
Version: 0.4.4-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch upstream
Forwarded: http://pdfposter.origo.ethz.ch/node/39

At the moment, pdfposter prints full-bleed to the edge of the pages.
Most real-world printers can't handle this, so it leaves gaps in the
printed material as a result.

The attached patch applies to pdfposter 0.5.0 and creates an overlap
option. It was originally reported to upstream at
http://pdfposter.origo.ethz.ch/node/39, and the patch was updated by
me, as noted in the upstream bug log.

This is not the full fix for full-bleed printing, but it's a start,
and it certainly makes it easier to re-assemble pages after printing.

--dkg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages pdfposter depends on:
ii python 2.7.2-9
ii python-pypdf 1.13-1
ii python-support 1.0.14

pdfposter recommends no packages.

pdfposter suggests no packages.

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[Darshaka Pathirana]

JFTR: Upstream seems to track this issue here:

[1] https://gitlab.com/pdftools/pdfposter/issues/1

(after moving to their project to gitlab)

Regards,
- Darsha