[ale] Printing to non-standard papersizes

[David Corbin]

I would like to print some stuff out on index cards (4x6 as the case happens).  
I have an HP2100TN.

I created an OpenOffice document with a 4x6 page. That part works great.  But 
I'm unable to get anything to show up on the 'printed' card.  It does feed 
through the printer from the manual feed tray, it's just all blank.  If I 
print a "regular" document, the print on it looks like it would in the center 
of a traditional page (horizontally) and at the top of the page (vertically).

My document has enough white space that it is probably just "misaligned".

Now, my CUPS printer doesn't list 4x6 size paper.  I even edited the .ppd file 
for it add a 4x6 to it, near as I can tell.  In OO, it won't remember my 
printer properties.  If I change the settings in CUPS to 4x6, it shows up OO 
that way (though it won't carry the Landscape setting forward), but I still 
get nothing when I print.

I hate to say it, but this is easy with MS products.  What's the trick here?

David