Just checks those files (actually they are in lp0, not lp here) and two
of the files - general.cfg and postscript.cfg - define the papersize
variable as "letter". See below:
PAPERSIZE=letter
That's the only "clue" I found!
Steve Philp wrote:
>
> John LeMay wrote:
> >
> > I haven't seen any takers on trying to solve this. Don't want to gen
> > extra traffic, but I would love to figure this out.
> >
> > Ever since upgrading from RH 5.1 to Mandrake 6.0, I have had print
> > problems with my HP Laserjet 4+. When I attempt to print from Star
> > Office 5.x, or Netscape 4.61, or WordPerfect 8, the printer displays a
> > message asking me to load A4 paper. I am in the US and we use "letter"
> > size paper, which is what I selected in printtool when I setup the
> > printer. I have attempted a "clean load" of the OS - reformatted
> > everything
> > and tried again, but I have the same problem.
> >
> > Also, it is necessary for me to manually form feed the printer to eject
> > the last page of print jobs, even though I've enabled the EOF feed in
> > printtool. It is interesting to note that I have this printer defined in
> > my smb.conf file and none of my Windows machines have a problem printing
> > - those jobs autofeed fine. I'm including the printcap file below. Any
> > help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Actually, the files that you'll want to configure are the *.cfg files in
> /var/spool/lpd/lp/. Each of them seem to contain a paper size
> reference. Hope this helps!
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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NJMC, LLC.
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