Have you tried printtool?
At x terminal root prompt(#), type: printtool
then edit your printer settings, select letter as paper size and check Send EOF
after each page.
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> I haven't seen any takers on trying to solve this. Don't want to gen
> extra traffic, but I would love to figure this out.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [expert] Printer Problems with 6.0
> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 22:23:51 -0400
> From: John LeMay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> Ever since upgrading from RH 5.1 to Mandrake 6.0, I have had print
> problems with my HP Laserjet 4+. When I attempt to print from Star
> Office 5.x, or Netscape 4.61, or WordPerfect 8, the printer displays a
> message asking me to load A4 paper. I am in the US and we use "letter"
> size paper, which is what I selected in printtool when I setup the
> printer. I have attempted a "clean load" of the OS - reformatted
> everything
> and tried again, but I have the same problem.
>
> Also, it is necessary for me to manually form feed the printer to eject
> the last page of print jobs, even though I've enabled the EOF feed in
> printtool. It is interesting to note that I have this printer defined in
> my smb.conf file and none of my Windows machines have a problem printing
> - those jobs autofeed fine. I'm including the printcap file below. Any
> help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL lj4dith 600x600 letter {} LaserJet4dither Default 1
> hp4:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:
>
>
> --
> John J. LeMay Jr.
> NJMC, LLC.
> http://www.njmc.com
