What LPR arguments do I need to print a 1400x800 pixel image on a 4x6 label?

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Published on 2010-05-15T04:13:17Z Indexed on 2010/05/15 4:26 UTC
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This is driving me nuts. UPS sends our system a 1400x800 GIF image of a shipping label, which is supposed to fit nicely on a 4x6 page.

Unfortunately, I can't seem to get the command line options right to make it happen.

We're using an Eltron/Zebra 2844 with a network adapter, and printing from our Ubuntu 8.04 server using CUPS. We're using the correct drivers, and test pages print correctly.

No matter what I try though, it insists on printing the UPS labels accross 6 pages, with a little bit of the label on each page, or way too small.

I've tried a bazillion different lpr settings, most of them producing garbage. The closest I've gotten is this:

    lpr -P Eltron2844 -o natural-scaling=55 -o page-right=0 -o page-left=0 -o landscape -o media="4x6" ./1ZY437560399620027.gif

but it causes the image to be too small on the page. It's about an inch too short, and there's a 1/2" margin on both sides. If I bump the scale up to 56, it explodes the image onto two pages, and squashes it.

Any ideas?

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