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Re: cups.mit.edu and a4 (Re: [Debathena] #131: dvips uses a4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anders Kaseorg)
Fri Apr 3 20:38:19 2009
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:37:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU>
To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@mit.edu>
cc: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>, Debathena Trac <debathena@mit.edu>,
broder@mit.edu, geofft@mit.edu
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On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, John Hawkinson wrote:
> I don't believe that behavior is wrong or a bug. It is sometimes
> inconvenient, but it is also sometimes quite handy.
Ideally, I feel like `lpr -O PageSize=A4` or the equivalent GUIs should be
enough to satisfy someone who actually imported a stack of A4 paper and
wants to print on it. CUPS has a fairly extensive set of configuration
options that you can set for each print job. I haven’t actually tested
that yet (part of what I’m asking for is data; I’d like to know what
actually works and what doesn’t work, instead of just speculation).
Anders
