Re: printing on "non-standard" sheet sizes

[Andrea Vettorello <andrea.vettorello@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:19:28 -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin
<emmajane@xtrinsic.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 06:52:40PM +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:40:45 -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin
> > <emmajane@xtrinsic.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 05:38:45PM +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote:
> > > What's even weirder (to me at least) is that the printer isn't respecting
> > > the size of the paper set in the page itself. Even if there's a smaller
> > > piece of paper in the tray, shouldn't the printer just try to print
> > > whatever it can? (The answer is "no" because the printer calculates the
> > > size of the page and then starts printing at the opposite end back to the
> > > beginning instead of printing at the beginning through to the end and off
> > > the page...at least that's what it seems to be doing.)
> > >
> > Not many other. From what application are you trying to print? From
> > the program can you choose the paper size?
> 
> Just lpr...I'm trying in some other programs as well, but they're less
> important than lpr as I can always create a PDF/PS from a program and then
> send it to lpr. At least I think that should work.
> 
> > If you are brave enough, you can try to hack the ppd used for your
> > printer and add the size you need, i've never tried but the thing
> > seems quite straightforward...
> 
> There are numbers in there that I don't understand the structure of.
> 

I use gtklp sometimes to pass parameter to the printer when i need to
print PDF or PS...


Andrea