Xerox print in size letter

[Helge Blischke]

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> We have changed the configuration of ghostcript
> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/gnu/7.05/Use.htm#Change_default_size
> 
> We have changed the configuration of
> /etc/a2ps-site.cfg
> /etc/pbm2ppa.conf &
> /etc/pnm2ppa.conf
> 
> bellow I show you the log cups and the spool work
> 
> please I am desperate.
> 
> any Idea?
> 
> PD: my SO is Red Hat enterprise 3 update 6
> 
> log cups=
> 
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Page = 595x842; 11,11 to 584,831
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] slowcollate=0, slowduplex=0,
> sloworder=0
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] 0 %%BeginProlog
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] 0 %%EndProlog
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] 0 %%BeginSetup
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] 0 %%EndSetup
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] 0 %%Page: 1 1
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] 0 %%Page: 1 1
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] pw = 572.3, pl = 819.3
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] PageLeft = 11.3, PageRight = 583.7
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] PageTop = 830.7, PageBottom = 11.3
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 842.0
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] 0 %%EOF
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Saw EOF!
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Connected on ports 515 (local 1023)...
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] lpd_command 02 lp
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Sending command string (4 bytes)...
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Reading command status...
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] lpd_command returning 0
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Control file is:
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Hsamd01x
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Ptomcat
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] JJava Printing
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] ldfA473samd01x
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] UdfA473samd01x
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] NJava Printing
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] lpd_command 02 77 cfA473samd01x
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Sending command string (18 bytes)...
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Reading command status...
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] lpd_command returning 0
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] lpd_command 03 145992 dfA473samd01x
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Sending command string (22 bytes)...
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] Reading command status...
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:28 +0100] [Job 22] lpd_command returning 0
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:29 +0100] UpdateJob: job 22, file 0 is complete.
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:29 +0100] CancelJob: id = 22
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:29 +0100] StopJob: id = 22, force = 0
> D [17/Mar/2006:09:28:29 +0100] StopJob: printer state is 3
> 
> work
> 
> %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> %%BeginProlog
> /imStr 0 def /imageSrc {currentfile /ASCII85Decode filter /RunLengthDecode
> filter  imStr readstring pop } def
> /BD {bind def} bind def
> /D {def} BD
> /ISOF {
>      dup findfont dup length 1 add dict begin {
>              1 index /FID eq {pop pop} {D} ifelse
>      } forall /Encoding ISOLatin1Encoding D
>      currentdict end definefont
> } BD
> /NZ {dup 1 lt {pop 1} if} BD
> /DS {
>      moveto 1 index stringwidth pop NZ sub
>      1 index length 1 sub NZ div 0
>      3 2 roll ashow newpath} BD
> /F [
>     /AvantGarde-Book ISOF
>     /AvantGarde-BookOblique ISOF
>     /AvantGarde-Demi ISOF
>     /AvantGarde-DemiOblique ISOF
>     /Bookman-Demi ISOF
>     /Bookman-DemiItalic ISOF
>     /Bookman-Light ISOF
>     /Bookman-LightItalic ISOF
>     /Courier ISOF
>     /Courier-Bold ISOF
>     /Courier-BoldOblique ISOF
>     /Courier-Oblique ISOF
>     /Helvetica ISOF
>     /Helvetica-Bold ISOF
>     /Helvetica-BoldOblique ISOF
>     /Helvetica-Narrow ISOF
>     /Helvetica-Narrow-Bold ISOF
>     /Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique ISOF
>     /Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique ISOF
>     /Helvetica-Oblique ISOF
>     /NewCenturySchlbk-Bold ISOF
>     /NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic ISOF
>     /NewCenturySchlbk-Italic ISOF
>     /NewCenturySchlbk-Roman ISOF
>     /Palatino-Bold ISOF
>     /Palatino-BoldItalic ISOF
>     /Palatino-Italic ISOF
>     /Palatino-Roman ISOF
>     /Symbol findfont
> /SF {
>      F exch get exch scalefont setfont
>  testString stringwidth pop div
>      currentfont [1 0 0 -1 0 0]makefont exch scalefont setfont} BD
> %%EndProlog
> %%BeginSetup
> << /NumCopies 1 >> setpagedevice
> %%EndSetup
> %%Page: 1 1
> << /PageSize [612.0 792.0] /ImagingBBox null /ManualFeed false  >>
> setpagedevice
> /pgSave save def
> 792.0 0 exch translate 1 -1 scale[72 300 div 0 0 72 300 div 0 0]concat
> 1.0 setgray
> gsave
> [4.166666666666667 0.0 0.0 4.166666666666667 -0.0 -0.0] concat
> newpath
> 16.999329 0.0 moveto
> 612.0 0.0 lineto
> 612.0 792.0 lineto
> 16.999329 792.0 lineto
> 16.999329 0.0 lineto
> closepath
> clip
> newpath
> 0.0 0.0 moveto
> 595.0 0.0 lineto
> 595.0 842.0 lineto
> 0.0 842.0 lineto
> 0.0 0.0 lineto
> closepath
> fill
> newpath
> 149.0 134.0 moveto
> 546.0 134.0 lineto
> 546.0 600.0 lineto
> 149.0 600.0 lineto
> 149.0 134.0 lineto
> closepath
> fill
> grestore
> gsave
> newpath
> 620.8334 558.3333 moveto
> 620.8334 2500.0 lineto
> 2275.0 2500.0 lineto
> 2275.0 558.3333 lineto
> 
> > << /PageSize [612.0 792.0] /ImagingBBox null /ManualFeed false  >> setpagedevice
> >
> > clearly sets the media size to letter. You need to change the preferences of the
> > application that creates this sort of PS job.
> >
> > Helge
> >
> > --
> > Helge Blischke
> > Softwareentwicklung
> > SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
> > http://www.srz.de

As I posted before, the PostScript job itself forces the use of letter size paper. Changing the
default paper size in Ghostscript has no effect on this.

You did not tell what application generated this PS job; you need to change the settings for that
application.

Helge

-- 
Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de