Paper type and Firefox

Have my printer setup as a network printer using a Win XP pro's shared
printer. I have checked the printer properties and all is set for letter
type paper. When I print the printer ask to be loaded/set to A4 paper.
Where else is the paper type setting handled. I know that I'm using samba
for networking and I'm not sure if CUPS comes into play with the printing
in this case.

Also when I try to print anything in Mozilla Firefox nothing happens at all
(no errors, no print jobs in spooler) but I can print using open office,
and anyother application with no problems.

Thanks in advance.

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ljungers@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Have my printer setup as a network printer using a Win XP pro's shared
> printer. I have checked the printer properties and all is set for letter
> type paper. When I print the printer ask to be loaded/set to A4 paper.
> Where else is the paper type setting handled. I know that I'm using samba
> for networking and I'm not sure if CUPS comes into play with the printing
> in this case.
>
> Also when I try to print anything in Mozilla Firefox nothing happens at all
> (no errors, no print jobs in spooler) but I can print using open office,
> and anyother application with no problems.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Your question is old, so maybe you've found the solution by now.

My suggestion is to check the following file:

/usr/share/ghostscript/8.15/lib/gs_init.ps

In this file the default paper size can be selected. I think that Yast
normally would have configured this appropriately for your locale, so I
wonder if you are trying to use letter paper in a country where A4 is
common.

I don't have a guess about Firefox.

Mark