[cups] force CUPS print server to fit-to-page

[Till Kamppeter]

Try

lpadmin -p PRINTER -o fit-to-page-default=true

with PRINTER being the name of your print queue.

Does this work?

    Till

On 03/07/2020 21:28, Josh wrote:
>   Greetings,
> 
> I've just set up an AirPrint server for a home office by following
> instructions in
> 
> https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2013/154/AirPrint-in-Linux
> and
> https://github.com/jpawlowski/airprint-generate
> 
> Printer works just fine except for a problem described in
> 
> https://serverfault.com/questions/897140/force-cups-print-server-to-fit-to-page-if-job-is-not-a4
> 
> Text jobs sent from iOS devices print full pages but photos and images
> print size is 4x6 inches.
> 
> CUPS v1.6.3 on CentOS 7.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Please advise,
> Josh.
> 
> PS. More tests and observations:
> 
> $ sudo lpoptions -o auto-fit=True
> 
> has zero effect as well as adding
> 
> Option auto-fit True
> 
> to the DefaultPrinter section of /etc/cups/printers.conf.
> 
> As a matter of fact I have an impression that all options created by
> lpoptions command and stored in /etc/cups/lpoptions have zero effect.
> 
> For example
> 
> $ sudo lpoptions -o media=Letter
> 
> has no effect whatsoever but adding line
> 
> Option media Letter
> 
> to the DefaultPrinter section of /etc/cups/printers.conf has a very
> noticeable effect despite the fact that Letter has already been selected in
> printer settings UI.
> 
> As a side question, could anyone explain the difference between lpoptions,
> printers.conf and printers settings UI?
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