On 24 Aug 2005, jsmeix@suse.de wrote: Hello:
This will not work. It should work when you stop the cupsd and then replace "*DefaultPageSize: A4" with "*DefaultPageSize: Letter" and then re-start the cupsd.
Yes, I should have listed that step- restarting a server after a configuration change is a given for me. I also like to just give people enough hints to start out on rather than listing everything step by step these day. This is my compromise between total spoon feeding and RTFM/STFW.
Note that "letter" will not work.
Yes, you are correct- it is a typo. It should read "Letter".
Please do not tell other users to hack in config files if there are suitable commands available, see http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/05/jsmeix_print-cups-in-a-nutshell.html "Command-line Tools"
In hind sight, I should have pointed the OP the the Cups web interface. I only suggested that because the original OP stated that configuring it through YaST and lpotions didn't work for this printer while it worked for his old printer. In any case I shall refrain from doing so from now on. Maybe I an old fashioned (started my Linux journey with Slackware in 1994), I still think that getting one's hands dirty and learning how to configure a system manually is a good thing TM. Charles -- "However, complexity is not always the enemy." -- Larry Wall (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and Associates)