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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+# Filename: alignmargins
+# Purpose: adjust the margins and the position of the printed contents on the paper
+# Authors: (C) 2001 by Till Kamppeter
+# Bug-Reports: see http://grml.org/bugs/
+# License: Free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
+# Latest change: Son Mär 18 19:31:15 CET 2007 [mika]
+################################################################################
+# Downloaded from http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/printing/alignmargins
+
+$0 =~ m!^(.*)/[^/]+$!;
+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/grml-scripts:/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 '<Printer|<DefaultPrinter' | $wc -l |" or die "Cannot read local printer configuration!";
+
+my $nqueues = <NUMBEROFQUEUES>;
+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 '<Printer|<DefaultPrinter' | $cut -d ' ' -f 2 | $cut -d '>' -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 = <STDIN>;
+
+ if ( $input =~ m/^\s*(\d+)\D*/ ) {
+ my $number = $1;
+ if (($number > 0) && ($number <= $nqueues)) {
+ open QUEUE, "$cat $printerconffile | $egrep '<Printer|<DefaultPrinter' | $cut -d ' ' -f 2 | $cut -d '>' -f 1| $head -$number | $tail -1 |";
+ if (!$?) {
+ $queue = <QUEUE>;
+ close QUEUE;
+ }
+ }
+ } else {
+ print "\nWrong input, try again!\n";
+ }
+} until ($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 = <STDIN>;
+
+ 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 = <STDIN>;
+
+ 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 = <STDIN>;
+
+ 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 = <STDIN>;
+
+ 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 = <STDIN>;
+
+ 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 = <STDIN>;
+
+ 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 $ppdfilename ...\n";
+print "\n";
+
+my @marginsoption = (
+ "*OpenUI *Margins/Page Margins/Offsets: PickOne\n",
+ "*DefaultMargins: Custom\n",
+ "*Margins Default/Driver Default: \"\"\n",
+ "*Margins Custom/Custom (set with 'alignmargins'): \"<</.HWMargins[$ml $mb $mr $mt] /Margins[$x $y]>>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 $ppdfilename!";
+my @ppdfile = <PPDFILE>;
+close PPDFILE;
+
+# Remove an old margin adjustment option
+
+($_ =~ 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;
+
+## END OF FILE #################################################################
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