* John Boyle <jboyle@harbornet.com> [10-30-03 16:01]:

To Ken and Charles: Sorry to have been so angry,but I am not a troll. I do NOT understand Linux thoroughly, but have tried to use SuSe 8.1 and now 8.2, but lately have been trying to get off Windows as much as I can. I have my Canon BJC-2100 setup as per your prescription, but, must confess, cannot find kprinter to check or enable the settings. I can say that OpenOffice itself will not keep the margins for the verticle ruler in inches, as soon as I change and say OK at the bottom I can come back and it will be back in centimeters! So, for me to make the changes to kprinter I need to know where to go and how do I make any changes permanent.

I'm not Ken or Charles, but you can start kprinter (and almost any other app) with: <alt><f2> and type the app name <kprinter>. Look at all the tabs and changable entry boxes and try to imagine what they accomplish. Make changes that MAKE SENSE to you. Document the changes that you make so you can recover, if you muck-it-up. SAVE the changes and they will be there the next time. OpenOffice also needs the changes SAVED via the tools-config menu as do most apps, even winderz. REMEMBER, make notes documentating what you do/change so you can recover. This is how we-who-do-not-already-know-how learn. It is called education. note: You may also adjust your printer via: Kicker -> System -> Preferences -> Printing Manager -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:55:48 -0800 John Boyle <jboyle@harbornet.com> wrote:

So, for me to make the changes to kprinter I need to know where to go and how do I make any changes permanent.

(1) Open Kprinter in a program and go the properties. (2) Play around with the settings: margins, paper size,etc until your find a combo that works for you and choose "save". Charles -- "The IETF motto is 'rough consensus and running code'" -- Scott Bradner (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and Associates)