Subject: Re: Providing a working "lp" in cygwin?
From: Rick Rankin <[email-masked]>
To: Rod Whitby <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:32:42 -0700 (PDT)

Have you tried setting the default paper size via Control Panel?

Rick
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Rick Rankin
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--- Rod Whitby <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Rick Rankin <[email-masked]> writes:
> > FWIW, I've attached the "C" source to a very simple lpr filter I wrote a
> year
> > or more ago. I use it with Emacs, enscript, groff, et. al. Use it as you
> see
> > fit.
> 
> Thanks Rick - that was just what I was looking for today :-)
> 
> Does anyone know how to make it print A4 instead of Letter ?  I tried
> the following, but it didn't work.
> 
> *** /cygdrive/c/TEMP/T0001127	Tue Jul 11 10:56:45 2000
> --- lpr.c	Tue Jul 11 10:49:55 2000
> ***************
> *** 109,114 ****
> --- 109,116 ----
>     FILE *  inputFile;
>     int     i;
>     int     exitCode = 0;
> +   long	  size;
> +   DEVMODE *dm1;
>   
>     if ((envPtr = getenv("PRINTER")) != NULL)
>     {
> ***************
> *** 136,141 ****
> --- 138,155 ----
>       exitCode = error(1, "can't open '%s' for writing", deviceName);
>     else
>     {
> + 
> +     size = DocumentProperties(NULL, deviceHandle, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
> + 
> +     dm1 = (DEVMODE *)malloc(size);
> + 
> +     DocumentProperties(NULL, deviceHandle, NULL, dm1, NULL, DM_OUT_BUFFER);
> +     
> +     dm1->dmPaperSize = DMPAPER_A4;
> +     dm1->dmFields |= DM_PAPERSIZE;
> + 
> +     DocumentProperties(NULL, deviceHandle, NULL, NULL, dm1, DM_IN_BUFFER);
> + 
>       if (optind >= argc)
>         exitCode = lpr(stdin, "stdin");
>       else
> 
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> -- Rod Whitby, Snr Staff Engr, Electronic Design Automation --
> -- Motorola Australia Software Centre - Adelaide, Australia --
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