On 04/21/2012 11:52 PM, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Exactly the problem! I'm not French and I want English measurements to be the > default for United Kingdom locale settings. I'll give that some thought after I wake up..... 4AM you see.... > >>>>> >>>>> 2.I installed an HP printer via the Printers dialogue and I cannot find any way to >>>>> set paper sizes to A4. >>>> >>>> This can easily be set in CUPS. Using a browser go to http://localhost:631/ and >>>> choose the "Administration" tab. Should be obvious from there. >>> >>> Again no problem. The physical printer is set to A4 and test pages print as A4 with >>> KDE, but with GNOME 3.4 under Fedora-17 the output is American Letter size. Whence >>> cometh it? >>> >> >> You mean the output of test pages? Or? After I change the default paper size to A4 >> (standard here in Asia) the test page in GNOME prints A4. So, I don't see any issue. > > I'm not sure to what you refer in "changing the default paper size". I can't find a > location in which to set that parameter. It certainly isn't in "Printers" from the > "Applications" menu. Did you go to the CUPS interface? http://localhost:631/ ??? Administration--->Manage Printers---->(Choose the Printer Queue)--->Select dropdown menu "Maintenance/Set Default Options" -- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. -- Dame Edna Everage -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
