Re: changing print margins
On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:13:28 -0400, Matt Price wrote:
>Hello there,
>
>I have a lexmark z53, which mostly works fine with debian (for some
>reason Opera won't print to it, but that's not such a pressing problem,
>since I can always paste a URL into mozilla when I need it). But when I
>do a simple lp (of, e.g., /etc/fstab or some file I want a record of; or
>of a text file in OpenOffice) the file seems to want to start print
>right at the edge of the paper. The printer wisely stops it form doing
>so, so I get a cutoff zone at the edge of the paper. Does anyone know
>how I can reset the area? I have the foomatic lexmark printer drivers,
>and I tried (just now) adjusting the ImageableArea variable in the ppd,
>but nothing seemd to change (I started/stopped the printer, as well as
>cupsysd itself).
>
>This must be a common problem -- is there a straightforward solution?
>
>matt
For paginating text files, try pr, and pipe the output to your print
command. The -o option will allow you to set the margin. Man pr will
spell it out. A nice utility.
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