Re: kpdf prints in wrong printer format

["Martijn de Nerd" <martijn.de.nerd@gmail.com>]

slow reply, but i think i solved the problem, the standard hp driver
in cups seems to be causing it, now i am using the hpijs driver, and
the problem is gone...


On 6/26/06, Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 15:17:47 +0200, Martijn de Nerd wrote:
> > l.s.
> >
> > I am out of options and pretty curious (you could say annoyed) by now
> > by a bug/wrong setting on my system.  Maybe one of you can help me.
> > What happens; I have Debian testing installation with KDE as standard
> > desktop system. I am using cups for my hp laserjet 4050 network
> > printer. Whenever I print a pdf from KPDF in a4 my printer complains
> > that it receives a letter. All settings (cups, kprinter,
> > /etc/papersize) are set to a4. I tried several pdf's, randomly from
> > internet, and made with latex (a4paper option in documentclass). All
> > arrive at the printer as letter.
> > Printing pdf's with kghostview, or other documents from other programs
> > (e.g. openoffice), works fine.
> > Anyone an idea? Or can anyone confim that this is a bug?
>
> Additional things you can check (I include my output for comparison):
>
> $ awk '/KPrinter/,/^$/' ~/.kde/share/config/kpdfrc
> [KPrinter Settings]
> ApplicationOptions=
> DialogReduced=true
> DocDirectory=$HOME
> PrintCommand=
> Printer=hp2200-8
>
> $ echo $LC_PAPER
> de_DE
>
> If that does not turn up anything you can try the brute force approach
> and search for all files which contain the word "letter" in your user's
> .kde directory:
>
> $ grep -ril letter .kde
>
> If you create a new user and test kpdf as that user you will know if it
> is a system-wide configuration problem or not.
>
> --
> Regards,
>           Florian
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-REQUEST@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org