a2ps using too big of paper on dj500, and magicfilter eats text

["Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu>]

I briefly had magicfilter working, but now it simply spins the desket, 
draws no paper, and prints nothing.  a2ps is being just as 
uncooperative, making pages that are a bit too long.  I found a default 
setting to change in gv (now it's letter), and /etc/paper reads 
"letter".  How in the world do I solve this?  I've never used anything 
but networked laserprinters before.

rick

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