This is NOT caused by HPLIP, usually CUPS finds out the needed default paper size (Letter for US?Canada, A4 for the rest of the world). Depending on how it was compiled it can use the locale settings (output of "locale" command) or libpaper (file /etc/papersize). Can you post, for both installation cases, both the output of "locale" and the contents of /etc/papersize?
** Changed in: hplip (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: hplip => cupsys Importance: Undecided => Low Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Print setup parameters for Hp Laserjet 2100 printer https://launchpad.net/bugs/59778 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs