A4 paper -- how to change??

[Frank Jahnke]

On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 22:09 -0500, Stephane E. Potvin wrote:

> >> I have the same problem with gnome and cups since gnome 2.8. I always assumed
> >> it was a pilot error and never got around to ask directly for a solution as I
> >> had a workaround. Just install the print/cups-lpr port with
> >> CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes defined and you'll be able to usr lpr directly to
> >> print in Letter instead of A4.
> > 

Steph (and Joe),

Unfortunately your work-around did not work for me.  I have upgraded
Gnome to 2.12.3 (on 6.0-RELEASE-p4) and everything else, including cups,
to make sure every library was consistent and recent.  I redid the two
edits that Joe suggested, and reinstalled cups-lpr with the cited flag.
I don't think the flag was necessary, actually, since I had already
tended to eliminating the conflict in lpd/cups print files.

I still get the printer requesting that I put in a tray of A4 paper.

I would really appreciate other advice on how to fix the problem.
Otherwise, I'll file a bug report, which this is looking like it is.

Frank