[gentoo-user] "Print to File" US letter size (default)

[gentoo-user] "Print to File" US letter size (default)

[thelma]

Is there a use flag or setting in make.conf to instruct all up to
default to "US Letter" size paper.

Changing the defaults is not easy on gentoo.  I have some notes but the
configuration files and setting keep changing so hunting all the config
files is time taking.

When the Print windows pops-up there is an option "Print to File"
How to change setting to default to US Letter size paper (the default is A4)

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Thelma

Re: [gentoo-user] "Print to File" US letter size (default)

[Michael]

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On Friday, 4 December 2020 20:33:35 GMT thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> Is there a use flag or setting in make.conf to instruct all up to
> default to "US Letter" size paper.
> 
> Changing the defaults is not easy on gentoo.  I have some notes but the
> configuration files and setting keep changing so hunting all the config
> files is time taking.
> 
> When the Print windows pops-up there is an option "Print to File"
> How to change setting to default to US Letter size paper (the default is A4)

I am not aware of a USE flag.

What printer and driver are you using?

lpoptions -l can show your defaults, and also there is the CUPS GUI:

http://localhost:631

Some Brother printer drivers are less compatible with Gentoo - ownership of 
some directories is hardwired in the binary drivers and it does not align with 
the directories these are installed in Gentoo.  There are workarounds, but let 
us know what your printer is and we can take it from there. 

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Re: [gentoo-user] "Print to File" US letter size (default)

[karl]

Thelma:
> Is there a use flag or setting in make.conf to instruct all up to
> default to "US Letter" size paper.
...

Try and see if this helps:

 man papersize

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] "Print to File" US letter size (default)

[thelma]

On 12/06/2020 05:29 AM, karl@aspodata.se wrote:
> Thelma:
>> Is there a use flag or setting in make.conf to instruct all up to
>> default to "US Letter" size paper.
> ...
> 
> Try and see if this helps:
> 
>  man papersize
> 
> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar

I've done this one, but it didn't help.  I have few notes as to what to
change eg:

--------------------------------------------------
/usr/share/texmf-dist/dvips/config/config.ps (new system)
This has to be on the top, before other letter formats (the first one is
default)
...
@ letter 8.5in 11in
@+ ! %%DocumentPaperSizes: Letter
@+ %%BeginPaperSize: Letter
@+ /setpagedevice where
@+  { pop << /PageSize [612 792] >> setpagedevice }
@+  { /letter where { pop letter } if }
@+ ifelse
@+ %%EndPaperSize
...

------------------------------
/etc/papersize

letter

--------------
/etc/xpdfrc

psPaperSize             letter

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What solved the problem is:  (I must have miss this part during
installation)

eselect locale set # (select to: en_US.utf8 )
env-update && source /etc/profile
(log-out, log-in)