[Evolution] Printing Letter vs A4 with KDE SuSE 9.0
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notzed@ximian.com
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Wow, even lower-level than I thought.
Thanks very much for this, hopefully we can keep track of this in an
FAQ.
On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 09:59 -0400, Wise, Jeremey wrote:
> After seeing seveal times about printing issues and Evolution I decided
> to find a solution to the issue. I worked over the weekend and figured I
> would post my notes.
>
> Setup: SuSE 9.0, KDE 3.1, Evolution 1.4, CUPS, HP Jetdirect Print
> servers,
>
> Issue: Evolution would only print A4 paper size and though you would
> tell KDE that it was to use "US Letter" Evolution would still default to
> A4. This meant that EVERY print would require a manual change of the
> paper type to "Letter" from A4. The result would be that the job would
> enter into the buffer of the printer and then disapear.
>
> Cause: The issue (at least in my case) was that the print driver
> specific to the print device was defaulting to A4. KDE was passing the
> data to CUPS. CUPS was relying on the print driver to format the page
> definitions.
>
> Solution:
> 1) CUPS has changed security settings and so you have to open up rights
> to allow the ability change print driver settings. (Per googled
> conversation ->
> http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Mar/3240.html
> 2) Open "Print Manager" ('Menu'->Utilities->Printing). Select your
> printer. Select "Properties" tab. Select the "Driver" Icon. Click the
> "Change" button. Assuming you have the correct printer selected click
> "Next". Their will be two options "Test" and "Settings". Select
> "Settings" and all the avalable options for that printer type will
> become available (ie. in the case of my HP4050 I had duplex, toner
> settings, etc...) Their will be a section called "General" in which you
> will see the page size as "A4". Click on it and select "Letter". Select
> "OK" and "Finish". (if you get prompted for a password see 1) for
> details.)
> 3) I restarted CUPS ('/etc/rc.d/cups restart') and Evolution. Printing
> now defaults to Letter.
>
>
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Wow, even lower-level than I thought.<BR>
<BR>
Thanks very much for this, hopefully we can keep track of this in an FAQ.<BR>
<BR>
On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 09:59 -0400, Wise, Jeremey wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">After seeing seveal times about printing issues and Evolution I decided</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">to find a solution to the issue. I worked over the weekend and figured I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">would post my notes.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Setup: SuSE 9.0, KDE 3.1, Evolution 1.4, CUPS, HP Jetdirect Print</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">servers,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Issue: Evolution would only print A4 paper size and though you would</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tell KDE that it was to use "US Letter" Evolution would still default to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">A4. This meant that EVERY print would require a manual change of the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">paper type to "Letter" from A4. The result would be that the job would</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">enter into the buffer of the printer and then disapear.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Cause: The issue (at least in my case) was that the print driver</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">specific to the print device was defaulting to A4. KDE was passing the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">data to CUPS. CUPS was relying on the print driver to format the page</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">definitions. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Solution:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">1) CUPS has changed security settings and so you have to open up rights</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">to allow the ability change print driver settings. (Per googled</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">conversation -></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Mar/3240.html">http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Mar/3240.html</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2) Open "Print Manager" ('Menu'->Utilities->Printing). Select your</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">printer. Select "Properties" tab. Select the "Driver" Icon. Click the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">"Change" button. Assuming you have the correct printer selected click</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">"Next". Their will be two options "Test" and "Settings". Select</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">"Settings" and all the avalable options for that printer type will</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">become available (ie. in the case of my HP4050 I had duplex, toner</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">settings, etc...) Their will be a section called "General" in which you</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">will see the page size as "A4". Click on it and select "Letter". Select</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">"OK" and "Finish". (if you get prompted for a password see 1) for</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">details.)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">3) I restarted CUPS ('/etc/rc.d/cups restart') and Evolution. Printing</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">now defaults to Letter.</FONT>
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