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#1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:02 PM

I've read through the CUPS documentation and must be dense. I'm still not
sure how to properly set up a legal queue and use it.

I've created a new queue: "Legal" using the web interface. It's directed at
a Samba printer on a Windows server. I know this works as my default queue
(using Letter paper) is using this same printer.

As part of the Web configuration, I selected "Legal" paper size. So far, so
good.

I have to set up an "lpr" command to direct the output through for an
application (Win4Lin). The command I'm using is

lpr -P Legal

which I *THINK* should direct my output through that queue. Questions:

(1) Is there anything else I need to do to configure a legal queue?

(2) Are there any other options I need on the lpr command to properly handle
legal sized output?

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
tia
---Michael

#2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:03 PM

Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> I've read through the CUPS documentation and must be dense. I'm still
> not sure how to properly set up a legal queue and use it.

Dude, you're not dense, you're normal. The CUPS documentation/configuration
is a nightmare on crack.

> I've created a new queue: "Legal" using the web interface. It's
> directed at a Samba printer on a Windows server. I know this works as
> my default queue (using Letter paper) is using this same printer.

*Don't*. Send the print job directly to the printer if at all possible.
Configure a CUPS server to talk all the UNIX/Linux printing if you have to,
but stay away from trying to map any UNIX/Linux print server to pass its
jobs through a Windows print server.

> As part of the Web configuration, I selected "Legal" paper size. So
> far, so good.
>
> I have to set up an "lpr" command to direct the output through for an
> application (Win4Lin). The command I'm using is
>
> lpr -P Legal
>
> which I *THINK* should direct my output through that queue. Questions:
>
> (1) Is there anything else I need to do to configure a legal queue?

As long as your CUPS printer is configured to use legal paper, you should be
OK on that score. If you need other paper handling, such as double-sided or
A4 paper, I tend to list those as separate printers. What I would do would
be to set up the CUPS queues with different names and different
characteristics, even if they all go to the same print server on the far
end.

> (2) Are there any other options I need on the lpr command to properly
> handle legal sized output?
>
> Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
> tia

I'm.... fairly confused at the role of Win4Lin in this.

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