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Printer-Related Files
5.4.6 uiprint.txt
uiprint.txt provides a convenient way for you to provide details about the printer
queue, such as the type of printer driver and the printer description. You should edit
uiprint.txt for each instance of Oracle Reports.
5.4.7 Editing the Printer-Related Files
See Also: Editing uiprint.txt File
For more information about uiprint.txt
The sections that follow describe how to edit the various print-related files.
5.4.7.1 Editing PPD files
In some cases, you may need to change certain attributes in your PPD file. The sections
that follow describe some of the attributes that you would commonly need to change.
5.4.7.1.1 Changing the default paper size Suppose that you need the page size to be A4
for some of your reports. On Motif platforms, the printer driver is specified in
uiprint.txt and the default page size is not necessarily set to A4. For example,
hpljet41.ppd has LETTER as the default page size. Note that the default page size
setting for each printer queue is taken from the corresponding PPD file.
To set A4 as the default page size, you would do the following:
1. Edit uiprint.txt to include a PostScript Printer Description file (extension is
.ppd) that supports the A4 page size. For example, you might include
hpljet41.ppd.
2. As a backup, make a copy of hpljet41.ppd.
3. Add an entry to uiprint.txt:
Printer_name: PostScript:1: the printer on floor1:hpljet41.ppd
4. Edit hpljet41.ppd and change these settings as follows:
DefaultPageSize: A4
DefaultPageRegion: A4
DefaultImageableArea: A4
DefaultPaperDimension: A4
5.4.7.1.2 Changing the printer margin settings To change the margins, you need to modify
the ImageableArea section in the PPD file. ImageableArea provides the bounding box
of the area in which the printer may print for the page size named mediaOption. There
will be one statement for each named page size supported by the device.
*DefaultImageableArea provides the mediaOption name of the default imageable area.
Since there can be only one default page size, this value should be the same as the
value of *DefaultPageSize, *DefaultPageRegion, and *DefaultPaperDimension.
The syntax for defining imageable area is as follows:
*ImageableArea mediaOption: "llx lly urx ury "
*DefaultImageableArea: mediaOption | Unknown
ll stands for lower left corner and ur for upper right corner. The bounding box value
of *ImageableArea is given as four real numbers, representing the x and y coordinates
of the lower left and upper right corners of the region, respectively, in the PostScript
language default user space coordinate system. The x and y axes of a given page size
correspond to the x and y axes of that page size in the *PaperDimension entry.
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