Hi, when searching for a page size A4/Letter problem I have found entries like Option media=na_letter_8.5x11in Option output-bin face-down Option page-bottom 43 Option page-left 19 Option page-right 20 Option page-top 13 Option print-color-mode color Option print-quality 4 Option printer-resolution 300x300dpi Option sides two-sided-long-edge in the printer sections of the /etc/cups/printers.conf file. The "Option media=na_letter_8.5x11in" makes the PageSize default being "Letter" when in the PPD the default is set to A4. See the mails cited below. Mike Sweet tells that these are caused by programs setting IPP attributes like "media-default". Does system-config-printer or some of its auxiliary programs set such attributes? Till --------- From: Till Kamppeter To: cups(a)easysw.com Yesterday I have done some tests with a native PDF printer, using CUPS 1.5.2 and cups-filters 1.0.9 (if filters are in both CUPS and cups-filters I have used the cups-filters versions) on Ubuntu Precise (12.04). The PPD file contains only PJL options, including PageSize being PJL as in contrary to PostScript option code cannot be embedded in a PDF file. I have set the default page size to A4 (all "*Default{PageSize|PageRegion|ImageableArea|PaperDimension}:") via lpadmin -p <printer> -o PageSize=A4 and send a JPG job via lp -d <printer> -o PageSize=A4 -o scaling=100 file.jpg Starngely enough, I got CLJ3530pdf till 267 [26/Mar/2012:23:22:33 +0200] 1 1 - localhost d08684-001 na_letter_8.5x11in - in /var/log/cups/page_log and with lpoptions -p <printer> -l I got PageSize/Page Size: *Letter A4 A5 A6 ISOB5 EnvC5 Env10 EnvDL 5x13 EnvC6 Executive B5 B6 Legal EnvMonarch 69x95mm Statement but the job gets centered correctly on A4 paper. A job without specifying A4 paper, like lp -d <printer> -o scaling=100 file.jpg does not get correctly centered. So I have searched for ~/.cups/lpoptions and /etc/cups/lpoptions and did not find anything. After that I have searched for a bug in CUPS, until I found the line Option media=na_letter_8.5x11in and some other "Option=..." lines in the section for my printer in /etc/cups/printers.conf. This printer and one other printer had these lines (the second was the same printer but with the manufacturer's PostScript PPD). After stopping CUPS, removing these lines and starting CUPS again, the problem went away. Where do these lines come from? Which program has inserted them? How can I prevent such lines getting inserted? Should CUPS get fixed by lpadmin -p <printer> -o PageSize=A4 removing lines like this (Generally if setting the default for a certain option, removing the "Option ..." line for this option as the default gets set in the PPD)? "Option ..." lines should only be there for non-PPD options, like "number-up". Till --------- From: Mike Sweet To: cups(a)easysw.com Till, On Mar 27, 2012, at 7:24 AM, Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: At some point you (or some program) must have set the media-default attribute for this printer, either through lpadmin or a corresponding Set-Printer-Attributes/CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer request. The attribute then sticks until reset or deleted (lpadmin -p printer -R media-default). __________________________________________________ Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair