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Re: Printing with Mutt



> * Rem P Roberti <remegius@xxxxxxxxxxx> [01-29-09 00:06]:
> > I have a laser printer installed on my FreeBSD system which I installed
> > via cups, and the printer works fine.  However, when I print a message
> > from within Mutt the left margin is only about 3/16" and a couple of
> > characters are always missing from the beginning of all lines.  
> 
> You need to set the margins via your printer software, cups.  I do not
> know FreeBSD, but try:
>   localhost:631 
> in your browser of choice.  
> 
> > The printer defaults to letter size paper and, as I said, it prints
> > fine from all other applications.  Is there a way to control how Mutt
> > formats a page for printing?
> 
> afaik, mutt does not "format" for printing, but there is a utility
> that prettifies email for printing, muttprint.  I like it.

I'll take a look at that.  The printer was set up via localhost:631, but
there are no options that I know of that allow you adjust margins, only
the types of media. 

Rem