[cups-devel] cupsd.conf option DefaultPaperSize has no effect

[Michael Sweet]

Adrian,

The default paper size is only applied when using the "-m" option of lpadmin.  If you use "-i" or "-P" then the PPD file is used as-is.


> On Jul 30, 2015, at 7:19 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz at physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I am posting this to the cups-devel list because it seems very likely
> that this is a bug in CUPS.
> 
> Recently, we migrated the print server at the department where I work
> from CUPS 1.4.4 (Debian Squeeze) to CUPS 1.7.5 (Debian Jessie). To set
> up the printers, we're using the lpadmin command run from a script.
> 
> Since we're located in Germany, the preferred default paper size here
> is A4 and, luckily, CUPS has now the feature which allows to set a
> default page size which is to be assumed when creating a new print
> queue.
> 
> From the manpage:
> 
>       DefaultPaperSize Auto
> 
>       DefaultPaperSize None
> 
>       DefaultPaperSize sizename
>            Specifies the default paper size for new print queues.
>            "Auto" uses a locale- specific default, while "None"
>            specifies there is no default paper size.
> 
> However, it seems that this particular feature does not work at all
> unless I am missing something. I set DefaultPaperSize to A4, add
> a new printer using "lpadmin" with the result that the default
> paper size for the printer is still "Letter".
> 
> Is there any other condition that needs to be fulfilled that this
> setting is honored or is this a bug as I am suspecting?
> 
> Cheers,
> Adrian
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair