Problems with a Dell AIO 922 Printer

[pew_from_hobart]

Hi Peter & All,

On 02/02/2008, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:02:14 +1100
> pew_from_hobart <pewtas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was using OpenOffice.org 2.3's Writer program and when I select
> printer
> > properties the only paper size selectable is "Letter". As I said, I need
> to
> > use the metric size of "A4".
>
> Check what appears in /etc/papersize . For example here:
>
> $ cat /etc/papersize
> a4


I did the command you suggested above  ( $ cat /etc/papersize ) and the
reply was:

a4

Does that mean that I don't need to do any further commands???

I just checked OpenOffice 2.3 Writer program and when I select Printer
properties I only get to option of "Letter" paper size and no others to
choose from!

If your output from "cat /etc/papersize" in a terminal doesn't look like
> that, edit it so that it does :) For example, by running
>
> gksudo gedit /etc/papersize
>
> Or the quick way:
>
> echo "a4" | sudo tee /etc/papersize
>
> That last command will put the right content in the file, and print "a4"
> in
> your terminal at the same time for confirmation ...
>
> See " tee --help " ( and/or "man tee" of course )
>
>
> Peter
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Yours Sincerely and Confused,
PEW   ;-)))
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