Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins

2015-07-07 Thread Stroller

On Mon, 6 July 2015, at 10:01 pm, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:

 …  it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom
 which ends up blurred and unreadable.  … 
 
 So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or
 something?  Is there a way? 

Are you using A4 printer settings on US letter sized paper?

Stroller.




Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins

2015-07-07 Thread Dutch Ingraham
On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 12:27:56PM -0500, Dale wrote:
 Stroller wrote:
  On Mon, 6 July 2015, at 10:01 pm, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  …  it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom
  which ends up blurred and unreadable.  … 
 
  So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or
  something?  Is there a way? 
  Are you using A4 printer settings on US letter sized paper?
 
  Stroller.
 
 
 
 
 Nope.  That was my first thought.  I was hoping.  I checked everything
 that can affect the printer, the apps setting, hplip and cups.  All set
 correctly. 
 
 Good idea tho.  ;-)
 
 Thanks.
 
 Dale
 
 :-)  :-) 
 
I've lost track of all the details of this thread, so please excuse me
if this has been suggested already.  If I recall, you are using CUPS,
and if so, this document[1] explains how to set margins from the command
line.  It seems to be document-specific, and not global, though.

I remember doing the required math for this a couple of years ago, and
ended up just going with something like a2ps and being done with it.


[1] http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html



Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins

2015-07-07 Thread Dale
Stroller wrote:
 On Mon, 6 July 2015, at 10:01 pm, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:

 …  it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom
 which ends up blurred and unreadable.  … 

 So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or
 something?  Is there a way? 
 Are you using A4 printer settings on US letter sized paper?

 Stroller.




Nope.  That was my first thought.  I was hoping.  I checked everything
that can affect the printer, the apps setting, hplip and cups.  All set
correctly. 

Good idea tho.  ;-)

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-) 



Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins

2015-07-07 Thread Dale
Dutch Ingraham wrote:
 On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 12:27:56PM -0500, Dale wrote:
 Stroller wrote:
 On Mon, 6 July 2015, at 10:01 pm, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:

 …  it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom
 which ends up blurred and unreadable.  … 

 So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or
 something?  Is there a way? 
 Are you using A4 printer settings on US letter sized paper?

 Stroller.



 Nope.  That was my first thought.  I was hoping.  I checked everything
 that can affect the printer, the apps setting, hplip and cups.  All set
 correctly. 

 Good idea tho.  ;-)

 Thanks.

 Dale

 :-)  :-) 

 I've lost track of all the details of this thread, so please excuse me
 if this has been suggested already.  If I recall, you are using CUPS,
 and if so, this document[1] explains how to set margins from the command
 line.  It seems to be document-specific, and not global, though.

 I remember doing the required math for this a couple of years ago, and
 ended up just going with something like a2ps and being done with it.


 [1] http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html




I ended up editing the ppd file and it seems to be working.  That could
change any moment tho.  ;-)

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-) 



Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins

2015-07-06 Thread Lee
HPLIP installs several executables. Have you made sure you have started the
correct setup program? As I recall, these settings ARE included in the
hplip setup for my printer, which is an older 3 in 1.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:

 Howdy,

 I finally got around to ordering some ink cartridges.  Now I want to do
 some printing.  Thing is, it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom
 which ends up blurred and unreadable.  I've looked in Seamonkey
 settings, nothing.  I've looked in Hplip, nothing there.  I've even
 looked in cups, well, nothing that makes sense.  I don't like the new
 cups interface.  I didn't see anything there related to margins and when
 I looked in the config file, I couldn't make sense of what to change.

 So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or
 something?  Is there a way?

 Thanks.

 Dale

 :-)  :-)




-- 
Terry ny6...@gmail.com


Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins

2015-07-06 Thread Dale
Lee wrote:
 HPLIP installs several executables. Have you made sure you have
 started the correct setup program? As I recall, these settings ARE
 included in the hplip setup for my printer, which is an older 3 in 1.




 -- 
 Terry ny6...@gmail.com mailto:ny6...@gmail.com


I set this up a while ago but checked it again.  I don't see any way to
adjust the margins anywhere in hplip.  I even tried to set it up again
but basically all it does and see the printer and add it.  There's not
anything to set up really.

I only wish it would. 

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)