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From: David Chappell <David.Chappell@mail.cc.trincoll.edu> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 12:35:13 -0500 Subject: Re: PPR: How to replace an old line printer CSBURRIS@ci.tacoma.wa.us wrote: >We are cycling out our old (very old) dot matrix line printers. We have >really new cool HP 5000's capable of marvelous things. This is probably >very simple, but it eludes me. I have set up a group to call the Legal-size >paper bin and the fortran print filter, now I want to use legal paper, >landscape orientation, fortran print filter and 12 point courier, so the >output looks like the old dot-matrix and will fit in the same files. The >clerical staff wants to just type "ppr filename", as they now type "lp >filename". Nothing jumps out at me from the FAQ, the documentation or the >mailing list archives. > >Celeste Suliin Burris >Systems Administrator >Tacoma Economic Development Dept. >csburris@ci.tacoma.wa.us > > > It sounds like you have it mostly figured out. What is the missing detail? Maybe how to make these settings the default? You can do that with a switchset. For example: $ ppad group mygroup -o 'pagesize=legal orientation=landscape' - -- ================================================================ David Chappell David.Chappell@Mail.Trincoll.Edu Computing Center Postmaster@Mail.Trincoll.Edu Trinity College (860) 297-2114 Hartford, Connecticut 06106 U.S.A.