On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 06:52:40PM +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:40:45 -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 05:38:45PM +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > What's even weirder (to me at least) is that the printer isn't respecting > > the size of the paper set in the page itself. Even if there's a smaller > > piece of paper in the tray, shouldn't the printer just try to print > > whatever it can? (The answer is "no" because the printer calculates the > > size of the page and then starts printing at the opposite end back to the > > beginning instead of printing at the beginning through to the end and off > > the page...at least that's what it seems to be doing.) > > > Not many other. From what application are you trying to print? From > the program can you choose the paper size?
Just lpr...I'm trying in some other programs as well, but they're less important than lpr as I can always create a PDF/PS from a program and then send it to lpr. At least I think that should work. > If you are brave enough, you can try to hack the ppd used for your > printer and add the size you need, i've never tried but the thing > seems quite straightforward... There are numbers in there that I don't understand the structure of. thanks, emma -- Emma Jane Hogbin [[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
