From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What can cause printer to crop top of page?
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:18:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1918487.2liyaO8FSQ@dell_xps> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26105987.Fy8a8pjiRY@dell_xps>
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On Thursday, 21 December 2017 18:28:30 GMT you wrote:
> On Thursday, 21 December 2017 17:01:09 GMT Jack wrote:
> > It sounds to me like a possible A4/USLetter issue. Can you confirm
> > that both LOWriter (and other apps) and cups (or whatever is driving
> > the printer) are both set to A4?
> >
> > Jack
>
> Yes, CUPS and all desktop applications show A4 as the default paper size.
> CUPS reports:
>
> $ lpoptions -p 'HL-3140CW' -l
> PageSize/Media Size: *A4 Letter Legal Executive A5 A6 B5 JISB5 JISB6 EnvDL
[snip ...]
>
> Are the above ppd entries correct, or am I misinterpreting the ppd logic?
OK, uninstalled cups and the brother printer driver, deleted manually the /
etc/cups/pdd/ files reinstalled cups and the brother printer driver and
reconfigured the printer using the CUPS http page.
Now the discrepancy has disappeared from the ppd file, but still the same
error remains. Top of the page is cropped! Arrgh!
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Regards,
Mick
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-21 21:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-21 14:20 [gentoo-user] What can cause printer to crop top of page? Mick
2017-12-21 15:16 ` tuxic
2017-12-21 18:00 ` Mick
2017-12-21 17:01 ` Jack
2017-12-21 18:28 ` Mick
2017-12-21 21:18 ` Mick [this message]
2017-12-21 21:24 ` Jack
2017-12-21 22:35 ` Mick
2017-12-21 22:46 ` Jack
2017-12-21 23:01 ` Walter Dnes
2017-12-21 23:20 ` Mick
2017-12-22 16:30 ` Mick
2017-12-27 19:45 ` [gentoo-user] Re: [was: What can cause printer to crop top of page?] /etc/papersize is ignored Mick
2017-12-27 23:53 ` Mick
2017-12-28 6:14 ` Taiidan
2017-12-29 13:51 ` Mick
2017-12-29 13:57 ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-12-29 14:30 ` Peter Humphrey
2017-12-29 15:01 ` Mick
2017-12-29 16:13 ` Alan McKinnon
2017-12-29 16:45 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-30 0:44 ` Peter Humphrey
2017-12-30 12:55 ` Alan McKinnon
2017-12-30 14:32 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-30 15:33 ` Neil Bothwick
2017-12-31 2:26 ` Peter Humphrey
2017-12-31 10:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2017-12-31 11:11 ` Wols Lists
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