[ale] Printing to non-standard papersizes

[H. A. Story]

David Corbin wrote:

>I would like to print some stuff out on index cards (4x6 as the case happens).  
>I have an HP2100TN.
>
>I created an OpenOffice document with a 4x6 page. That part works great.  But 
>I'm unable to get anything to show up on the 'printed' card.  It does feed 
>through the printer from the manual feed tray, it's just all blank.  If I 
>print a "regular" document, the print on it looks like it would in the center 
>of a traditional page (horizontally) and at the top of the page (vertically).
>
>My document has enough white space that it is probably just "misaligned".
>
>Now, my CUPS printer doesn't list 4x6 size paper.  I even edited the .ppd file 
>for it add a 4x6 to it, near as I can tell.  In OO, it won't remember my 
>printer properties.  If I change the settings in CUPS to 4x6, it shows up OO 
>that way (though it won't carry the Landscape setting forward), but I still 
>get nothing when I print.
>
>I hate to say it, but this is easy with MS products.  What's the trick here?
>
>David
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Sounds like the driver or OpenOffice  is centering the print out.   A 
quick setup on my system and print printed the text in the upper left 
corner.  I am using Open Office 2.0  I set the page size up manually and 
change the paper size in the printer settings before printing.   I 
printed to a HP2200.