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Re: paper orientation - cups - mozilla



On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 12:26:24PM +0000, Richard Lyons wrote:
> When I try to print from Mozilla, I get the image turned 270 deg (90 deg 
> clockwise) so that the top third or so is off the long side of the 
> sheet.  Most other apps print normally - and most give access to setup 
> options (I think part of the cups setup) for paper orientation when 
> printing, should there be a problem.  But Mozilla has 
>   File > page setup: where the page is set as portrait,
>        > print preview: which produces a correct page preview,
>        > print: which offers a choice of printers (not the usual cups
>                 choices, but a dropdown with one option,
>                 "Postscript/default", and a "properties" button, which
>                 opens a window with a choice of paper sizes , with the 
>                 correct default, the printer command given as
>                 "lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}",
>                 a choice of b+w or colour, and margin settings.
>                 No choice of orientation.

I've got cupsys-bsd installed, and replace the "lpr ${MOZ-blurgle}" printer
command with just plain "lp". This has never given me any problems, and the
printer command is persistent. (To print to a printer other than the default
I enter "lp -d other-printer's-name".)

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