Paul, Set up your print q using the 'printmgr' (/usr/sbin/printmgr) so that it uses a ppd file for your printer.
For paper size ... use the 'lp -o media=A3' option to print to a3 paper. This could also be added to a dedicated A3 print q by modifying the q's configuration with lpadmin. # lpadmin -p myprinter -o media=A3 paul --- Paul Parsons <paul.parsons at advanticagroup.com> wrote: > I'm trying to set up a printer so that I can use > orientation and paper size options. > I need to be able to print landscape or portrait and > in paper sizes A3 or A4. > The printer is on a network and I'm happy to set it > up so that the x86 Solaris 10 system talks directly > to it, not through a Windows server. The printer is > an HP Color Laserjet 8550N and it's set up so that > A3 and portrait are the default size and > orientation. I can print to it, but everything comes > out A3/portrait and I can't figure out how to change > that. I don't mind setting up 4 queues to the same > printer if that's the way to do it. Tray 1 is a > sheet feeder (not to be used), tray 2 contains A4 > paper and tray 3 contains A3 paper. > > Here's the commands I've used successfully to set up > a printer queue. The name of the printer is > my_printer in NIS. > > lpadmin -p my_printer_ps -v /dev/null > lpadmin -p my_printer_ps -i > /usr/lib/lp/model/netstandard > lpadmin -p my_printer_ps -o dest=my_printer:9100 -o > protocol=tcp -o timeout=5 -o banner=never > lpadmin -p my_printer_ps -T PS -I postscript,simple > accept my_printer_ps > /usr/bin/enable my_printer_ps > > Then I can print plot.hp2 using the following > command: > > lp -d my_printer_ps -o nobanner plot.hp2 > > Can anybody help please? > > Paul > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > printing-discuss mailing list > printing-discuss at opensolaris.org >
