Re: [expert] Printing in Mandrake 9.0

[Jim C]

I also have a printin problem. An issue I've been trying to cope with since I got my first Linux distro. Every time I try to print it prints to high on the page. I loose enough that if I print from Netscape or Mozilla the top line that tells you what the URL of the printed page was is completely unreadable. Frequently for research prurposes I do actaully need this information. How can I fix this? There has to be away to set the printable area in Linux.

rob wrote:

Greetings all,

Actually this has been plagueing me since 8.2 but continues in 9.0. Does anyone know what this means and how to fix it?

"bad printcap name 'HP DeskJet970C', has '' character"

Here is my /etc/printcap file

|HP DeskJet970C:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
:filter_options= --lprng $Z /etc/foomatic/lpd/lp.lom:\
:if=/usr/sbin/lpdomatic:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:force_localhost:\
:sh:\
:mx#0:
### BEGIN turboprint
# Warning: Written by Turboprint - do not edit!
# use tpsetup to edit printers
lp|tp0|turbo1|HPDeskJet970C:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/usr/share/turboprint/lib/tpfilter:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1/acct:\
:la@:mx#0:\
:tr=:cl:sh:
#
tp0raw|turbo1raw|HP_DeskJet970Craw:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/usr/share/turboprint/lib/tpfilterraw:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1raw:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1raw/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1raw/acct:\
:la@:mx#0:\
:tr=:cl:sh:
#
#
### END turboprint

Thanks for any help

Rob




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