Re: jesse->stretch for DYMO label printer
On Friday 14 July 2017 16:13:14 Brian wrote:
> On Fri 14 Jul 2017 at 15:36:40 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Friday 14 July 2017 13:09:00 Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote:
> > > What is "a printer dialog"? What application? I have an alias
> > > "label" that does "lpr -P label -o orientation-requested=5", and I
> > > print like this:
> >
> > This is a case I believe, of the default text size, where-ever its
> > set, and which I do not know.
>
> Default text size and font for text files is feature of cups-filters.
>
> > But what I would try is editing your alias to read:
> >
> > lpr -P label -o orientation-requested=5 -o cpi=10
> >
> > See the manpage for lpr for the nitty-gritty, but you should be
> > able to adjust it for the result you need. I believe also that you
> > can control the font used, in which case I'd install "hack" which is
> > a mono-spaced font and will not only look good, but will be a
> > consistent character width.
> >
> > And adjust the 10 up and down until it fits. For multiline output,
> > there used to be a way to adjust the default 6 lines per inch,
> > allowing the text to be compressed vertically.
> >
> > However for that fine a vertical control, you might have to use lp
> > instead of lpr.
>
> lp versus lpr. One does more than the other? How different are they?
> A specific example would go a long way to substantiating your
> assertion.
>
> My view is that both commands do the same thing.
>
> > lp has the -o lpi=option, but I do not see either cpi or lpi listed
> > as options in the current (for wheezy) lpr man page.
>
> Not everything is in a man page.
>
> http://localhost:631/help/options.html?TOPIC=Getting+Started&QUERY=
From the looks of that, essentially the only diff is in how SOME of the
options are defined and applied.
Educational reading for everyone here who uses a printer, thank you
Brian.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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