[cups] Overwriting hardware page size limits

[Helge Blischke]

> Am 04.12.2018 um 18:09 schrieb Erik Rull <erik.rull at rdsoftware.de>:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm using an OKI ML 3391 since years in a Windows environment and migrate now to
> Linux. The printer itself seems to work using the Epson dot matrix printer driver.
> But one thing doesn't work:
> The printer is also used in a bulk printing environment with a predefined
> hardware page size (default, active at power up).
> Under Windows, I could overwrite this setting in the GPD file to assert that
> also other page sizes (A4,A5,...) work smoothly.
> But I was not able to adapt this in Linux / CUPS. I didn't find a way to send
> down a printer command that overwrites the preset hardware wise page size. The
> default hardware setting is a quite short page size and if I e.g. try to print
> A5, the lower part gets not printed until the next sheet is inserted. Then I get
> the second half on the second page :-(
> Is there a section like the GPD files on Windows where I can send down
> predefined ESC-Sequences to switch the page sizes on the printer?
> 
> Thanks in Advance.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Erik
> _______________________________________________

Do you know which ESC-sequence was emitted under Windows to bypass the hardware setting?
If yes, please post it, and post the PPD you use under CUPS for this printer.

Helge

PS: If you post the PPD as an attachment, append a „.txt“ to the file name, as the list deletes attachments with other file types.