#! /usr/bin/perl $0 =~ m!^(.*)/[^/]+$!; my $programpath = $1; my $printcommand = '/usr/bin/lpr -P '; my $egrep = '/bin/egrep'; my $cat = '/bin/cat'; my $cut = '/usr/bin/cut'; my $head = '/usr/bin/head'; my $tail = '/usr/bin/tail'; my $wc = '/usr/bin/wc'; my $adjustmentpagename = 'align.ps'; my $adjustmentpagepath = ($programpath ? "${programpath}:" : "") . '.:~:/usr/share/alignmargins:/usr/local/share/alignmargins:/usr/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share/printer-testpages:/usr/local/share/printer-testpages:/usr/share/ghostscript/*/lib:/usr/local/share/ghostscript/*/lib'; my $ppddir = '/etc/cups/ppd'; my $printerconffile = '/etc/cups/printers.conf'; # Find "ælign.ps" my $adjustmentpage; for $path (split(":", $adjustmentpagepath)) { if (-r "$path/$adjustmentpagename") { $adjustmentpage = "$path/$adjustmentpagename"; last; } } # Are we running as root? if (!(-w $printerconffile)) {die "\"alignmargins\" must be run logged in as \"root\"!";} # Check whether there are local printer queues open NUMBEROFQUEUES, "$cat $printerconffile | $egrep '; close NUMBEROFQUEUES; # Ask the user which printer he wants to align print "\n"; print "CUPS printer margin and offset alignment\n"; print "----------------------------------------\n"; print "\n"; print "(C) 2001 by Till Kamppeter\n"; print "Free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)\n"; my $queue = ""; do { print "\n"; print "With this program you can adjust the margins and the position of the\n"; print "printed contents on the paper. This way you get well-centered printouts and\n"; print "you can make use of the whole imageable area of your printer, The driver\n"; print "settings are overridden when this adjustment is used.\n"; print "\n"; print "This is especially important when your printer is used with a driver for\n"; print "another printer to which yours is compatible (for example many laser\n"; print "printers are compatible to the HP LaserJet printers). Your printer prints\n"; print "with this driver, but the non-printable margins are usually different or the\n"; print "contents is even not centered. With this program you can fix these problems\n"; print "\n"; print "The program can only be applied to local printer queues. The following\n"; print "queues are available:\n"; print "\n"; system "$cat $printerconffile | $egrep '' -f 1 | $cat -n"; print "\n"; print "Please enter the number of the desired printer and make sure that it is\n"; print "connected to your computer and turned on.\n"; print "\n"; print "Number: "; my $input = ; if ( $input =~ m/^\s*(\d+)\D*/ ) { my $number = $1; if (($number > 0) && ($number <= $nqueues)) { open QUEUE, "$cat $printerconffile | $egrep '' -f 1| $head -$number | $tail -1 |"; if (!$?) { $queue = ; close QUEUE; } } } else { print "\nWrong input, try again!\n"; } } until ($queue ne ""); chomp $queue; print "\n"; print "Printing margin/offset adjustment page ...\n"; print "\n"; # The "%!" which is needed in a file to be recognized as a PostScript file # is missing in the adjustment page, therefore it is preceeded to the file # here. if (system "(echo %!; $cat $adjustmentpage) | $printcommand$queue") { die "Could not print the adjustment page."; } print "Please read the instructions on the margin adjustment page and determine the\n"; print "six numbers mentioned there. If you measure in cm and not in inches, devide\n"; print "the measured quantities by 2.54 before you insert them into the equations\n"; print "shown on the page. You do not need to create any file with PostScript\n"; print "commands, this program will insert your settings into your printer's\n"; print "configuration.\n"; print "\n"; print "If the adjustment page did not come out of your printer, this method cannot\n"; print "be applied, press Ctrl + C to stop this program. This can especially happen\n"; print "with very old PostScript printers.\n"; print "\n"; print "Note also that this adjustment does not necessarily work with every driver.\n"; print "The concept is taken from GhostScript and the implementation of this program\n"; print "is not much tested yet.\n"; print "\n"; print "Please enter your results now:\n"; print "\n"; my $ml = 9999999.; my $mb = 9999999.; my $mr = 9999999.; my $mt = 9999999.; my $x = 9999999.; my $y = 9999999.; do { print "ml: "; my $input = ; if ( $input =~ m/^\s*([+-]?[\d\.]+)\D*/ ) { my $number = $1; if (($number >= -100000) && ($number <= 100000)) { $ml = $number * 1.; } } else { print "Wrong input, try again!\n"; } } until ($ml != 9999999.); do { print "mb: "; my $input = ; if ( $input =~ m/^\s*([+-]?[\d\.]+)\D*/ ) { my $number = $1; if (($number >= -100000) && ($number <= 100000)) { $mb = $number * 1.; } } else { print "Wrong input, try again!\n"; } } until ($mb != 9999999.); do { print "mr: "; my $input = ; if ( $input =~ m/^\s*([+-]?[\d\.]+)\D*/ ) { my $number = $1; if (($number >= -100000) && ($number <= 100000)) { $mr = $number * 1.; } } else { print "Wrong input, try again!\n"; } } until ($mr != 9999999.); do { print "mt: "; my $input = ; if ( $input =~ m/^\s*([+-]?[\d\.]+)\D*/ ) { my $number = $1; if (($number >= -100000) && ($number <= 100000)) { $mt = $number * 1.; } } else { print "Wrong input, try again!\n"; } } until ($mt != 9999999.); do { print "x: "; my $input = ; if ( $input =~ m/^\s*([+-]?[\d\.]+)\D*/ ) { my $number = $1; if (($number >= -100000) && ($number <= 100000)) { $x = $number * 1.; } } else { print "Wrong input, try again!\n"; } } until ($x != 9999999.); do { print "y: "; my $input = ; if ( $input =~ m/^\s*([+-]?[\d\.]+)\D*/ ) { my $number = $1; if (($number >= -100000) && ($number <= 100000)) { $y = $number * 1.; } } else { print "Wrong input, try again!\n"; } } until ($y != 9999999.); my $ppdfilename = "$ppddir/$queue.ppd"; print "\n"; print "Saving your settings in $ppdfilename ...\n"; print "\n"; my @marginsoption = ( "*OpenUI *Margins/Page Margins/Offsets: PickOne\n", "*DefaultMargins: Custom\n", "*Margins Default/Driver Default: \"\"\n", "*Margins Custom/Custom (set with 'alignmargins'): \"<>setpagedevice\"\n", "*CloseUI: *Margins\n" ); # Read PPD file of the chosen printer if (!(-f $ppdfilename)) {die "No PPD file $ppdfilename!"}; open PPDFILE, "$ppdfilename" or die "Can't open $ppdfilename!"; my @ppdfile = ; close PPDFILE; # Remove an old margin adjustment option ($_ =~ m!^\s*\*OpenUI\s*\*Margins/.*:! and $_="") foreach @ppdfile; ($_ =~ m!^\s*\*DefaultMargins:! and $_="") foreach @ppdfile; ($_ =~ m!^\s*\*Margins\s*.*/.*:! and $_="") foreach @ppdfile; ($_ =~ m!^\s*\*CloseUI:\s*\*Margins! and $_="") foreach @ppdfile; # Insert the new margin adjustment option splice(@ppdfile,-1,0,@marginsoption); # Write back PPD file open PPDFILE, ">$ppdfilename" or die "Can't open $ppdfilename"; print PPDFILE @ppdfile; close PPDFILE; # Re-initialize CUPS (must be done after a "manual" change on the PPD file) system("killall -HUP cupsd"); print "\n"; print "Done.\n"; print "\n"; print "Now your printer \"$queue\" will use the new margin and offset settings by\n"; print "default. You can turn them off by switching the option \"Page Margins/Offsets\"\n"; print "to \"Driver Default\" in kprinter, GTKlp, or XPP.\n"; print "\n"; print "On the command line (\"lpr\", \"lp\", \"lpoptions\", ...) use the option\n"; print "\"-o Margins=Default\" to turn off and \"-o Margins=Custom\" to turn on your\n"; print "settings.\n"; print "\n"; exit 0;