printcap / a2ps / custom paper sizez config files
Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20001121095545.00fc17a8@popd.ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:55:45 +0000 From: Samy Elashmawy <samelash@ix.netcom.com> Subject: printcap / a2ps / custom paper sizez config files Hi folks, <p>I want to make some custome paper sizes and what info I have has lead me to believe that the files to edit and change is /etc/a2ps.cfg under the paper sizes under deffinition of some menia on define goghstscript pages. I was going to simply edit the paper pixel sizes and just use the same tags that way I can still use yast to set the printers up. Can I also add NEW media types Ie Medum: ziggy 100 400 #for example ? If I do this , yast/printer and the apsfiler printcap generation tool (lprsetup have no nidea that these new paper sizes exist. So that leads me to beleve that I need to manualy creat them in /printcap any7 one know of a guide to /etc/printcap how too or something that is geared to a complete printer newbie ? I tried the man printcap , and that is way over my head ? Am I doing this the right way ?
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