but it did not change the output I finally got the printer hooked uo and despite the second typing of sudo dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1 and geting the menu showing letter was now the default it still sent the test page in A4 next I will try a shutdown and restart to see if it will come up letter
armandh wrote: > many thanks for helping ones self who is so new to linux > command line instruction worked > > > Pascal De Vuyst wrote: > >> System > Administration > Printers is gnome-cups-manager, reassigning. >> >> The system wide default paper size can be changed with the following command >> from a terminal: >> $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1 >> >> If the problem remains please attach the output of the printingbug info >> script for some basic information about your printing setup. The >> printingbug info script can be found here: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrintingBugInfoScript. >> >> >> ** Changed in: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) >> Sourcepackagename: None => gnome-cups-manager >> >> >> > > -- 7.04 & hp lazerjet 5, others? printer works well set to letter but test page only sent in default A4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128523 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
