Re: How to set printer margins?

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:45:13 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> Camaleón writes:
> 
>> Have you tried "man lp" for getting the "-o" options for setting the
>> margins when printing text?
> 
> 
> Yes, it doesn't do anything.

It should work at least for plain text files (no sure about PS or for 
image formats) :-?

There are not many options in "lp" for handling paper, maybe you can try 
with "-o fitplot" or "-o media=A4".

>> I changed all occurrences of 12.5 to 0 but the problem remains.
> 
> 
> 
>> Maybe a zero value is not allowed by your printer (i.e., hp laserjets
>> have a minimal value for margins I cannot avoid, it's just ignored).
> 
> 
> It's just that minimum value that I wish to modify: isn't it impossible?

Each printer has an unvoidable fixed margin set (although some inkjet 
printers can make "0-margin" printings). Anyway, margins are defined in 
ppd file and has to be honored, not sure why you don't get them right.

Have you tried to print your PS file from another application (i.e., 
evince)? Also, CUPS has a "print test" option where you can check if 
margins are displaced.

> P.S.: Camaleón, as you see I followed your suggestion to buy a laser... 
> Now
>       I see how bad inkjet print is.   ;)

After using laser printers, I couldn't return to the inkjet odessy, but 
in linux, postscript based printers performs the better support :-)

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón