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Re: cups.mit.edu and a4 (Re: [Debathena] #131: dvips uses a4 paper)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Fri Apr 3 20:12:09 2009
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:11:38 -0400
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
To: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>, Debathena Trac <debathena@MIT.EDU>,
broder@MIT.EDU, geofft@MIT.EDU
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Anders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU> wrote on Fri, 3 Apr 2009
at 19:53:25 -0400 in <alpine.DEB.2.00.0904031942250.6942@vinegar-pot.mit.edu>:
> happens when printing using CUPS via cups.mit.edu. I was not able to
> reproduce with lpr, and I was not able to reproduce using CUPS to a
> different (non-Athena) networked printer. (I have heard rumors that some
> people may have seen different behavior; do we have any actual tests that
> confirm that?) If that is what???s going on, then it points to a
> misconfiguration or bug in cups.mit.edu, and not a problem with the
> clients or the printers.
You're referring to the behavior where an A4 job is submitted,
the printer recognizes it has no A4 paper, and stops and prompts
the user on the LCD panel asking them to select another paper size
to use or abort the job?
I don't believe that behavior is wrong or a bug. It is sometimes
inconvenient, but it is also sometimes quite handy.
--jhawk
