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Re: Providing a working "lp" in cygwin?


Rick Rankin <rick_rankin@yahoo.com> 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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