[cups.general] lpr -o scaling=50 - works sometimes

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Fri Feb 10 20:42:08 PST 2012


The scale option is not supported for PostScript files, just for images.

On Feb 10, 2012, at 7:15 PM, Nraygun wrote:

> I've used the command in the subject on a PostScript file generated by using Adobe Reader on a PDF in Linux.
> In Ubuntu, the command properly prints a 50 scaled version of the PDF using a generic PostScript driver.
> In OS X and OpenSuse it doesn't work.
> I also noticed that when I do a lpoptions, sometimes it shows the scaling option and sometimes it doesn't. I was able to make it appear by changing the default scaling in the driver to something other than 100%.
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on what makes scaling work properly on a PostScript job?
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