[mdlug] Printing a lousy #$%^&* envelope.

[bob dion]

I followed the how-to on an Open Office site to print env.

http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2005/12/printing_envelo.html

You need to set the paper type in the printer config/options to env for 
it to work.

So I setup an extra copy of my printer in cups to just print env.

Hope this helps
BD



Jim Broughton wrote:
> I have been a linux user for about 10 years. I have never tried
> to print an envelope under Slackware Linux using KDE and Cups.
> I may never try again. Total failure. I am quite angry.
>  My printing system consists of a Brother 5150D postscript laser
> printer accessed over the network via a netgear printserver.
>  The printer has 1 tray for 8.5x11-14 paper and a fold out manual feed tray
> for envelopes and the like. It never fails to print 8.5x11 documents some
> even quite complex and duplexed as well.
>   Try as I might I cannot get this system to print a lousy #10 commercial
> envelope. I have used Openoffice 2.4, 3.0, Koffice writer, Adobe PDF reader
> (after sending the output to a pdf from OOO or Koffice writer).  I have 
> tried
> printing it stright up with the selection for the printer set to #10 
> envelope,
> I have tried setting margins, rotating 360deg in 90deg incriments. Nothing.
> The closest it came was Adobe PDF reader put something on the envelope but
> whoever programmed the PDF converter for KDE and OOO did not force
> embeded/outlined fonts so it just prints boxes where the letters should be.
> This sucks. It should be a no brainer. Anyone else have problems with
> printing envelopes under Linux?
> 
> Jim