Re: CUPS in woody, question about page margin
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 04:47:30PM +0200, Qian Gong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed CUPS to send jobs to a Infotec 4182 MF printer, using HP
> LaserJet Series CUPS driver. It's working almost perfectly. But one
> problem is about the page margin. If I send a ps file, e.g., created by
> "a2ps t.txt", a small part at the top and bottom is missing. I guess the
> settings about page margin should be adjusted. I changed the
> "*ImageableArea" in the ppd file, but it did not solve the problem.
>
> This problem didn't exist previously when I used lpd and smbprint,
> indicating the printer is able to print larger area than what is defined
> in the CUPS LaserJet Series CUPS driver. Any idea? Thanks in advance.
Well, you indicate that you used the HP LaserJet Series Driver. This
driver is not specifically for your printer and is only a generic driver
for HP LaserJets. So, some tweaking is to be expected. You could visit
linuxprinting.org to find a CUPS driver more to your printer's liking.
HTH,
David
Reply to: