it may only be common to printers that require specific trays for different paper. I found in the basement scrap heap a lexmark x-63 and picked the closest lexmark driver. paper did feed through as it tried to print [ink dry] the other basement printer is a dataproducts DDS-32 limping along with win 2K beta drivers on XP, no linux driver this is NOT a rush as everything else from open office prints fine. the test page from printer properties may be in a fixed size.
armandh wrote: > but it did not change the output > I finally got the printer hooked uo and despite the second typing of > sudo dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1 > and geting the menu showing letter was now the default > it still sent the test page in A4 > next I will try a shutdown and restart to see if it will come up letter > > > armandh wrote: > >> many thanks for helping ones self who is so new to linux >> command line instruction worked >> >> >> Pascal De Vuyst wrote: >> >> >>> System > Administration > Printers is gnome-cups-manager, reassigning. >>> >>> The system wide default paper size can be changed with the following >>> command from a terminal: >>> $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1 >>> >>> If the problem remains please attach the output of the printingbug info >>> script for some basic information about your printing setup. The >>> printingbug info script can be found here: >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrintingBugInfoScript. >>> >>> >>> ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) >>> Sourcepackagename: None => gnome-cups-manager >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- 7.04 & hp lazerjet 5, others? printer works well set to letter but test page only sent in default A4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128523 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
