On Fri 14 Jul 2017 at 19:09:00 +0200, Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: > 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:
Everything is relevant. Whether it is involved in your issue is a different matter. :) However, the LabelWriter 450 has no built-in fonts; therefore the font which is used and its size is a feature of what is done on the host computer. > > > 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: A printer dialog is what you see when you print from a graphical application such as firefox. > > # vi label > # label label > # rm label Good clarification. > > > 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? Please note the exception. > 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. I was trying to find out how you were printing. It appears you are sending a text file to the printer with lp(r). Please correct this if I am misunderstanding. It's important. > "man lpr" doesn't have any option for fonts. Indeed it doesn't. But man lp does mention -o cpi and this can also be used with lpr. I do not think your problem lies with cpi though. I have an idea; but first, you are sending a text file to the printer? Look at a page in firefox with the font set first to freefont and then to dejavu (both mono). Does either resemble your previous and present font? -- Brian.
