Dutch Ingraham wrote: > On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 12:27:56PM -0500, Dale wrote: >> Stroller wrote: >>> On Mon, 6 July 2015, at 10:01 pm, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> … it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom >>>> which ends up blurred and unreadable. … >>>> >>>> So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or >>>> something? Is there a way? >>> Are you using A4 printer settings on US letter sized paper? >>> >>> Stroller. >>> >>> >>> >> Nope. That was my first thought. I was hoping. I checked everything >> that can affect the printer, the apps setting, hplip and cups. All set >> correctly. >> >> Good idea tho. ;-) >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > I've lost track of all the details of this thread, so please excuse me > if this has been suggested already. If I recall, you are using CUPS, > and if so, this document[1] explains how to set margins from the command > line. It seems to be document-specific, and not global, though. > > I remember doing the required math for this a couple of years ago, and > ended up just going with something like a2ps and being done with it. > > > [1] http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html > >
I ended up editing the ppd file and it seems to be working. That could change any moment tho. ;-) Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
