Re: paper size and printing

[Alexander Kobel]

Stefan Thomas wrote:
> Dear lilypond-users,
> I have a question concerniung the paper size. When I print a pdf-file
> with lpr, the top off the page is cut off. I think, the defualt paper
> size is not a4. But the same thing happens, when I include the line "
> #(set-default-paper-size "a4")" in the ly-file.

I don't know about #(set-default-paper-size), but you can try
        \paper {
                #(set-paper-size "a4")
        }
before anything else.

However, AFAIK Lily uses A4 by default anyway, so you might just have a
problem with your printer settings (margin needed by the printer)? I
vaguely remember some LaTeX issue where you must have an additional inch
for the top margin because of some driver thing...
Can you check the paper size of the PDF in, say, the Adobe Reader (or
Evince, or ...), usually found under Document/File properties or
something similar.


HTH
Alexander