On 14-07-2017, at 17h 22'40", Brian wrote about "Re: jesse->stretch for DYMO label printer" > On Fri 14 Jul 2017 at 16:26:30 +0200, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: > > > After jesse -> stretch upgrade my DYMO label printer is using a > > different font. Before I could fit 6 lines on a label, each line with > > 18 characters. > > Knowing the printer model is always useful.
Thank you, Brian. It is DYMO LabelWriter 450. lsusb is listing it as "Bus 007 Device 006: ID 0922:0020 Dymo-CoStar Corp. LabelWriter 450". But this is not relevant for my question: > > Anyone knows where I can locate the config file for the fonts that > > are used by the label printer? > > Does a printer dialog in an application show any way of altering > fonts? What is "a printer dialog"? What application? I have an alias "label" that does "lpr -P label -o orientation-requested=5", and I print like this: # vi label # label label # rm label > > I reinstalled the printer, reinstall the printer-driver-dymo dpkg. I > > am not sure how to fix this. > > > > I use cups and the drivers that comes with it in Debian. > > > > I use Debian since hamm and potato. > > The printng system is not responsible for changing font size (except > when the input file is text). Surely, the application producing the > labels is where to look? It is not the font size. It is a different font al together. Size is comparable. But now the lines are shifted lower, so only 5.5 lines will fit with some space above and 16.25 characters will print out (from 20 characters, the first 3.25 and the last half characters are swallowed). Before it was 18 out of 18 were printed (also 18 out of 20, etc.). It is a label printer, so it is only text. What else can I do with it? Care to elaborate about the application you speak of? What does it do? It prints images on the label? Or pdf? I do not understand your answer. Sorry, Brian. "man lpr" doesn't have any option for fonts. Ionel
