On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:41:46AM +0100, Rick van der Linde wrote: > > >I want to print some manuals, but the default formatting I am getting > >is for letter paper and I am using A4 paper. I am doing: > > > > > > $ man -t fvwm2 | lpr > > > >to print the fvwm2 manual, for example. What should I do to get > >A4 paper formatting? > > I can't tell you exactly what to do. But I know you'll need > to change an/some entries in your /etc/printcap file. > > Probably you'll be able to change settings in printconf > too. It will allow you to choose the default paper size.
My printer is already configured for A4 paper printing. The problem is the generation of the PostScript file in A4 by groff, which is called by man as a consequence of the -t option. Making some research, I have found the /usr/share/doc/groff-1.17.2/README.A4 file with instructions on how to achieve that. Romildo -- Prof. José Romildo Malaquias Departamento de Computação http://iceb.ufop.br/~romildo Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brasil [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
