[ale] Changing default font for lp command

[Jeff Lightner]

The documentation is a good thing.  Unfortunately it doesn't talk about
"fonts".

Some people mean "size" when they say "font" because they're trying to
fit more (or less) on a single page.

You can set the "size" of text by setting cpi (characters per inch =
horizontal) and lpi (lines per inch = vertical).

lp -o cpi=12 -o lpi=8 = Elite font 88 lines per standard letter size
page
lp -o cpi=10 -o lpi=6 = Pica font 66 lines per standard letter size page

Also if it's a size issue you may wish to use landscape rather than
portrait orientation:

lp -o landscape



-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Sean
To: ale at ale.org
Kilpatrick
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:56 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Changing default font for lp command

On Friday 23 March 2007 12:16, John Wells wrote:
| We have a need to alter the font with which jobs are print via the lp 
command. We're running the command like so:
| 
| lp -d <printer>

If your system is using CUPS, then the lp command is running through
that software.  You might check the CUPS manual at

http://localhost:631/documentation.html

especially the "Software Users Manual.

HTH

Sean