On Wednesday 24 August 2005 08:26, Lucky Leavell wrote:
Hello,
On Aug 23 22:52 Charles philip Chan wrote (shortened):
just search for "*DefaultPageSize: A4" in the ppd files in /etc/cupsd/ppd/ and replace it with "letter".
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. Note that "letter" will not work.
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.htm l "Command-line Tools"
I tried various combinations in YaST using the HP PCL/6 recommended by OkiData tech support, then the B4350 and B4300 printers in YaST, changing default paper size in YaST to Letter. The B4350 resulted in an "Invalid Data" error on the printer followed by feeding blank pages; the B4300 printed stairstepped on the first page:
My printer [An old Fuji] isn't working any better. OTOH changing to Letter at least got the thing making noise. It's gibberish on the page but that's better then the thing totally ignoring me. Nick