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MFC-5840CN

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting

Paper size settings are unavailable when I print from OpenOffice (Linux)

  1. Add "" after each PageSize line in /etc/cups/ppd/[model name].ppd.

    Examples:
    *OpenUI *PageSize: PickOne
    *OrderDependency: 30 AnySetup *PageSize
    *DefaultPageSize: A4
    *PageSize Letter/Letter: "                    "
    *PageSize Legal/Legal: "                    "
    *PageSize Executive/Executive: "                    "
    *PageSize A4/A4: "                    "
    *PageSize A5/A5: "                    "
    *PageSize A6/A6: "                    "
    *PageSize Env10/Com-10: "                    "
    *PageSize EnvMonarch/Monarch: "                    "
    *PageSize EnvDL/DL: "                    "
    *PageSize EnvC5/C5: "                    "
    *PageSize EnvISOB5/B5: "                    "
    *PageSize EnvISOB6/B6: "                    "
    *CloseUI: *PageSize

     

  2. Restart CUPS.

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