lpadmin -p laser -o PageSize=A4 -o job-sheets=none -o cpi=12 -o lpi=8 -o page-left=36 -o page-top=36 -o page=right=36 -o page-bottom=36 killall -HUP cupsd Thanks to CUPS's MIME capacities /etc/cups/mime.* , it should be able to detect the filetype automatically. Fix Stair-Stepping Output Two ways to solve this: Preferably, on the server, edit