ppr-list-digest volume 4, number 1, message 1

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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'



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