James M Pulver wrote:
We've got a Brother MFC-j5910 which is working great networked via the brother
LPD and CUPS driver, except if you want to print 11x17 / Tabloid. The printer
for some reason doesn't support that, and instead supports the less common
17x11 / Ledger format. If I use a program that allows you to set a CUSTOM paper
size of 17x11, it prints as expected (well, not really, I have to still change
to landscape when it should be portrait for that size configuration)... The
issue I have is, on Windows computers using the standard CUPS drivers shared
over SAMBA, I can't select a custom paper size (and most users on Linux expect
to use Tabloid, not a custom paper size)...
Any ideas what I should do here? CUPS is on a SL5 server.
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James Pulver
LEPP Computer Group
Cornell University
You should be able to modify the ppd file in /etc/cups/ppd/. You can
add/modify paper dimensions as needed there. I'd start by cloning the
Ledger entry, naming it Tabloid (or whatever), then adjusting the
dimensions to the orientation you want. Restart cups after editing.
-Mark
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Mr. Mark V. Stodola
Digital Systems Engineer
National Electrostatics Corp.
P.O. Box 620310
Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA
Phone: (608) 831-7600
Fax: (608) 831-9591
