Thanks!!! You're right - CUPS was at fault. Problem fixed.
Robert. On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Chris Halls wrote: > tags 253071 + moreinfo > thanks > > On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 02:33, Robert King wrote: > > PPD_PageSize=A4 > > > > Despite setting this, every time I create a new document, or open an A4 > > sized MS word document sent to me, the paper is back as letter. > > Are you using CUPS? The new native CUPS support takes the default paper > size from the CUPS printer queue settings. If this is the case, you > need to configure the default paper size for the printer queue properly. > > You can check if this is the problem by running openoffice like this: > > SAL_DISABLE_CUPS=1 openoffice > > If your default paper size is now A4, that confirms that it is caused by > the CUPS integration picking up Letter from the printer queue. > > Chris > ---- Robert King, Statistics, School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia Room V133 ph +61 2 4921 5548 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://maths.newcastle.edu.au/~rking/ Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. -- Woody Allen, "Annie Hall"
