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Re: Hideous font when printing text file



On Fri,24.Apr.09, 01:29:42, Henk Koster wrote:
> Running mixed testing/Sid, and after a recent upgrade any text file  
> (like a directory listing) gets printed on my CUPS printer with a  
> hideously stretched and enlarged (Courier) font, far removed from the  
> default 10 chars/inch and 6 lines/inch. Other file types, like PDF-files  
> produced with pdflatex or websites, print fine. My printer is an HP  
> DeskJet 6940, configured as AppSocket/HP JetDirect device in CUPS.
>
> I've tried different mono-spaced fonts in Gnome - System - Preferences -  
> Appearance and I have varied the dpi, all to no avail. Fonts look fine  
> on screen, but when text is printed (with lp or lpr) the problem appears.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix this?

You could start by explaining what command/software you use for 
printing.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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