On Friday 14 July 2017 16:13:14 Brian wrote: > On Fri 14 Jul 2017 at 15:36:40 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 14 July 2017 13:09:00 Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: > > > 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: > > > > This is a case I believe, of the default text size, where-ever its > > set, and which I do not know. > > Default text size and font for text files is feature of cups-filters. > > > But what I would try is editing your alias to read: > > > > lpr -P label -o orientation-requested=5 -o cpi=10 > > > > See the manpage for lpr for the nitty-gritty, but you should be > > able to adjust it for the result you need. I believe also that you > > can control the font used, in which case I'd install "hack" which is > > a mono-spaced font and will not only look good, but will be a > > consistent character width. > > > > And adjust the 10 up and down until it fits. For multiline output, > > there used to be a way to adjust the default 6 lines per inch, > > allowing the text to be compressed vertically. > > > > However for that fine a vertical control, you might have to use lp > > instead of lpr. > > lp versus lpr. One does more than the other? How different are they? > A specific example would go a long way to substantiating your > assertion. > > My view is that both commands do the same thing. > > > lp has the -o lpi=option, but I do not see either cpi or lpi listed > > as options in the current (for wheezy) lpr man page. > > Not everything is in a man page. > > http://localhost:631/help/options.html?TOPIC=Getting+Started&QUERY=
From the looks of that, essentially the only diff is in how SOME of the options are defined and applied. Educational reading for everyone here who uses a printer, thank you Brian. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
