On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Craig White wrote:
> OK - lpr filename works...the first time it mumbled something about using
> procfs but of course...I was too impatient to see what it meant.
>
> the printer defaults to wanting A4 sheets which dutifully causes my printer
> to prompt me for A4 sheets. Any clues on how to adjust it to default to US
> Letter?
Look in /etc/printcap. The symbol for papersize is probably in the
printcap manpage. There's also a printing HOWTO on
www.LinuxDoc.org.
/me just setup my first printers last week and it wasn't too difficult.
ciao,
der.hans
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