I am using 7.04, this is also an issue with previous versions of Ubuntu through 6.06.
I have confirmed this to be a problem too when printing PDF files from other applications (xpdf, lpr, ggv). The problem is that the Ubuntu install/configuration process does not give an option to select the preferred paper size and does not install some utilities by default. While this is fine for those on the other side of the planet, this causes problems for those who have more expensive HP printers that won't print until the correct paper size has been selected in the tray. Notably, my HP Color LaserJet 2605n... It flashes "Please insert A4 in Tray 1" even though the PDF file is formatted for Letter and not A4. Here is what you do to fix. As root do the following: (yes, this has to be done in a root shell not with sudo. If sudo su - doesn't give you a root shell, do sudo /bin/bash --login, better yet, give the root account a password and log in as root) apt-get install libpaper-utils #some programs use this library to get the paper size papersize -p letter #this sets /etc/papersize to letter, you could also set this manually. echo "letter" >/etc/psPaperSize #some other applications use this All Fixed. Now you guys get to make a pretty GUI to do this in the printer setup dialoge box :-P Another cavet I have is the default language for Firefox is set to en- gb, and there is no language options for en-us and en-ca, both of which use different spellings for words like color/colour, program/programme, center/centre, and so forth. But that's for another bug report... -- Always prints A4 paper https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/46613 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
