Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 19:42:08 -0800 From: Keith Walker <kew@phobos.walker.org> To: Don Dugger <dugger@metapath.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing with a Deskjet Message-ID: <199611020342.TAA09997@phobos.walker.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Nov 1996 15:11:18 PST."
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> I've got a Deskjet 680 that I'm using with my FreeBSD 2.1R system. I've > got the ps stuff piped though gs. Work great, expect one small problem, > when I try to print man pages the last line is missing. Has anyone seen > this before or have an idea what's wroug. I also have a Deskjet Plue (old) > and it has the same problem. I know you can specify lines on the page that > the printer won't print. Is there a way to tell gs that the page is > smaller or is there config stuff somewhere that controls this. > > Thx in advance... > > Don :) > > The problem you're having is because the formatting routines that come with unix assume that you have 8.5x11 paper. In your Deskjet, you have an effective 8.5x10.5" size of paper since the DJ can't print on the last little bit of the sheet. The fix? Pretty simple really, but you'd never figure it by reading man pages or FAQ's. As root, edit the file /usr/share/tmac/troffrc, and somewhere near the top of that file put the command ".pl 10.5i" (I usually go a little smaller) that tells troff (and its friends) that a page is *not* 11 inches long, but only 10.5" instead. This ought to fix things up for you. -- keith.
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