[GRASS-dev] Re: GRASS printing

[Michael Barton]

The options described in the CUPS docs may be what I need. Thanks.

Michael


On 9/5/07 7:14 AM, "William Kyngesburye" <woklist at kyngchaos.com> wrote:

> On Sep 5, 2007, at 1:17 AM, Michael Barton wrote:
> 
>> I did some experimentation with the lpr part of mapprint.tcl
>> tonight. I'm
>> thinking that maybe I've done this before and come up with the same
>> result--and that is why I turned to ghostscript.
>> 
>> TclTk will output to a PS file that looks just fine when I open it.
>> 
>> However, just sending this to lpr (>>lpr file.ps) gives a very poor
>> result.
>> The map is up against the upper right edges of the page, rather
>> than being
>> centered. It is clipped on all edges but the bottom and clipped a
>> significant amount on the left side of the map (a side which is NOT
>> against
>> the edge of a page).
>> 
>> Is there something I'm missing in sending this to lpr?
>> 
>> Michael
> 
> What about job options?  The CUPS manual has better documentation
> than the lpr man page.  Check http://localhost:631/documentation.html.
> 
> A mismatch of the document orientation and the job orientation can
> cause odd clipping.  And default position is probably upper-left, but
> again orientation can cause trouble, rotation said upper left to
> another corner.
> 
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