Package: printconf
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi
It would be nice to specify the preferred papersize via commandline option.
The attached patch works here, could you consider adding it?
Cheers
Steffen
--- aa-printconf 2008-11-26 09:22:14.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/bin/aa-printconf 2008-11-26 09:24:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -47,11 +47,15 @@
help="include more detail about what's happening")
parser.add_option('-f', '--force', dest='force', action='store_true',
help="force adding of a printer/queue if it already exists")
+parser.add_option('-p', '--papersize', dest='papersize', action='store',
+ help="use standard papersize")
options, args = parser.parse_args()
dryrun = options.dryrun
verbose = options.verbose
force = options.force
+papersize = options.papersize
+
if os.geteuid() and not dryrun:
print >> sys.stderr, "Please run printconf as root or specify the
--dry-run option."
@@ -244,6 +248,8 @@
# Queue X is now set up with name based on the IEEE model
# some sort of message here would be nice
queues[qname] = True
+ if papersize:
+ foomatic.foomatic.set_printer_options(queuename=qname, options={
"PageSize": papersize})
print
# After loop, reinit CUPS
