Re: [gentoo-user] postscript forcing A4 paper size was: kdm will not start
On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 14:18 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Nick Rout wrote: What the hell has xpdf got to do with any of this? Unless I am missing something, you are printing a ps document to the printer. Where does pdf fit into this? xpdf handles ps files. Joseph, have you tried File/Print/Properties/Page size=Letter/Save/Print in kpdf? -- Norberto Bensa 4544-9692 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Nick might be right. Maybe I'm looking at wrong places. What application is used to send print job to a printer? I'm sending postscript file ps with command: lpr -P printer_name Kpdf will not open ps file. when save a print_job as pdf file and try to print it using kpdf, xpdf or gv it keeps asking for A4 size paper. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] postscript forcing A4 paper size was: kdm will not start
On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:55:06 -0700 Joseph wrote: On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 14:18 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Nick Rout wrote: What the hell has xpdf got to do with any of this? Unless I am missing something, you are printing a ps document to the printer. Where does pdf fit into this? xpdf handles ps files. Joseph, have you tried File/Print/Properties/Page size=Letter/Save/Print in kpdf? -- Norberto Bensa 4544-9692 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Nick might be right. Maybe I'm looking at wrong places. What application is used to send print job to a printer? I'm sending postscript file ps with command: lpr -P printer_name Kpdf will not open ps file. when save a print_job as pdf file and try to print it using kpdf, xpdf or gv it keeps asking for A4 size paper. Look I am more confused than ever now, tell me if I have this right: 1. sql ledger produces a report in .ps format (call it report.ps) 2. lpr -P printer_name report.ps produces an A4 sized printout. 3. you say when save a print_job as pdf file and try to print it using kpdf, xpdf or gv it keeps asking for A4 size paper - what is producing this pdf file? sql-ledger or something like pstopdf? 4. does kprinter report.ps or kprinter report.pdf help at all? -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] postscript forcing A4 paper size was: kdm will not start
On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:24:11 -0700 Joseph wrote: [snip] Nick might be right. Maybe I'm looking at wrong places. What application is used to send print job to a printer? I'm sending postscript file ps with command: lpr -P printer_name Kpdf will not open ps file. when save a print_job as pdf file and try to print it using kpdf, xpdf or gv it keeps asking for A4 size paper. Look I am more confused than ever now, tell me if I have this right: 1. sql ledger produces a report in .ps format (call it report.ps) 2. lpr -P printer_name report.ps produces an A4 sized printout. 3. you say when save a print_job as pdf file and try to print it using kpdf, xpdf or gv it keeps asking for A4 size paper - what is producing this pdf file? sql-ledger or something like pstopdf? 4. does kprinter report.ps or kprinter report.pdf help at all? -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] From Sql-Ledger when I select PS (postscript) + Screen it allows me to view it or save it as PS - postscript file. If I select PS (postscript) + printer, it goes directly to printer. I was even following this instruction (an excellent) document the explain some problems with tetex and ps paper size printing problem: http://www.tzekwangteo.org/latex/papersize.pdf I went through this document made the changes he suggested, but still doesn't help. I even restarted the computer, just to make sure the changes take effect but it doesn't help. When I sent the print job to a printer it keeps asking for A4 paper size? I'm already wasted almost two days on this silly problem. 1. Go buy some international standard size paper ;-) The whole world uses A4 except North America - oh wait that is the whole worldand it's probably only a couple of kilometres down to the stationers --oops a couple of miles... 2. seriously now. does this help? http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10362283 3. how is the printer set up? is it cups or something older and more basic? Take a look at the printer configuration. 4. Try the pdf route with acroread - it allows you to scale the printing to whatever paper size you like. -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] postscript forcing A4 paper size was: kdm will not start
[snip] From Sql-Ledger when I select PS (postscript) + Screen it allows me to view it or save it as PS - postscript file. If I select PS (postscript) + printer, it goes directly to printer. I was even following this instruction (an excellent) document the explain some problems with tetex and ps paper size printing problem: http://www.tzekwangteo.org/latex/papersize.pdf I went through this document made the changes he suggested, but still doesn't help. I even restarted the computer, just to make sure the changes take effect but it doesn't help. When I sent the print job to a printer it keeps asking for A4 paper size? I'm already wasted almost two days on this silly problem. 1. Go buy some international standard size paper ;-) The whole world uses A4 except North America - oh wait that is the whole worldand it's probably only a couple of kilometres down to the stationers --oops a couple of miles... 2. seriously now. does this help? http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=10362283 3. how is the printer set up? is it cups or something older and more basic? Take a look at the printer configuration. 4. Try the pdf route with acroread - it allows you to scale the printing to whatever paper size you like. Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the link. I did: texconfig dvips paper letter texconfig pdftex paper letter texconfig dvipdfm paper letter texconfig pdftex paper letter Still insisting on printing on A4 paper. My printer is set to letter, I have no problem printing from openoffice or any other application. Alternative solution to acroread would be a command line: ps2pdf -sPAPERSIZE=letter document_name.ps it generate the output I need, like before. I but what I need is the application to work correctly; it as it did before. I don't know what else to do. Moving out of Canada would be a bit hard, maybe I start writing petition to change paper size in Canada and US to A4 :-/ -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
