Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:16:32 -0500 From: "Stephane E. Potvin" <sepotvin@videotron.ca> To: Frank Jahnke <jahnke@sonatabio.com> Cc: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A4 paper -- how to change?? Message-ID: <43FA7800.1020906@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <1140481208.61480.58.camel@localhost> References: <1140450069.29556.34.camel@localhost> <43FA0599.9070200@FreeBSD.org> <1140461180.61480.9.camel@localhost> <43FA148C.7050108@FreeBSD.org> <1140462988.61480.16.camel@localhost> <43FA4CAF.6060305@FreeBSD.org> <1140481208.61480.58.camel@localhost>
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Frank Jahnke wrote: > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 18:11 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >> I did everything I told you (but I don't use CUPS), and it worked for me. > > I have no explanation. > > Acroread7 and OO.o both use USLetter and print fine. The cups test page > works, as does that of the Gnome cups manager. None of the other Gnome > apps seem to. I am recompiling Gnome and apps that use its libraries so > that everything should be up-to-date as of four days ago. This will > take a while, as a lot of stuff has accumulated... I'll check back > then. > > Interestingly, the default selection of paper size in the two files I > edited at your suggestion were changed back to A4. So one of the > programs is resetting it (any idea which one?). > > And thank you, Joe, for the time. I admit this one is a bit > frustrating, as I can't print anything important from my main computer > at the moment, at least not from many of the applications I rely on. >> Joe I have the same problem with gnome and cups since gnome 2.8. I always assumed it was a pilot error and never got around to ask directly for a solution as I had a workaround. Just install the print/cups-lpr port with CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes defined and you'll be able to usr lpr directly to print in Letter instead of A4. Steph
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