--- loncom/interface/printout.pl	2014/02/17 12:39:42	1.158
+++ loncom/interface/printout.pl	2016/05/21 21:15:36	1.162
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 # CGI-script to run LaTeX, dvips, ps2ps, ps2pdf etc.
 #
-# $Id: printout.pl,v 1.158 2014/02/17 12:39:42 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: printout.pl,v 1.162 2016/05/21 21:15:36 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -209,8 +209,10 @@ if ($student_names=~/_END_/) {
     @names_pack=split(/_ENDPERSON_/,$student_names);
 }
 if ($backref) {
-    print('<p>'.&mt("[_1]Return[_2] to editing resource.",
+    print('<p>'.&mt("[_1]Return[_2] to resource.",
 		    "<a href=\"$backref\"><b>","</b></a>").'</p>');
+    print('<p><a href="javascript:gopost(\'/adm/printout\',\''.$backref.'\');">'.
+        &mt("Change Printing Options").'</a></p>'."\n");
 }
 my $figfile = $texfile;
 $figfile =~ s/^(.*_printout)_\d+_\d+_\d+\.tex/$1\.dat/;
@@ -438,8 +440,13 @@ foreach $texfile (@texfile) {
 	  $name_file =~ s/\.tex/\.dvi/;
 	  my $new_name_file = $name_file;
 	  $new_name_file =~ s/\.dvi/\.ps/;
+# Explicitly include a switch for papertype, otherwise dvips will default
+# to whatever is listed first in config.ps (which in most cases is a4).
+# Historically (since 2004) LON-CAPA printing expected to use the default,
+# i.e., a papertype of a4, when the user selected letter [8 1/2 x 11 in] 
+# in the Layout options, so I follow that convention if $papera is letter.  
 	  my $papera=$paper;
-	  if ($papera eq 'letter') {$papera='';}
+	  if ($papera eq 'letter') {$papera=' a4';}
 	  if ($papera ne '') {$papera='-t'.$papera;}
 	  my $extra_ps_header = $perlvar{'lonLib'} .'/includepsheader.ps';
 	  my $comma = "dvips $papera -h $extra_ps_header -Ppdf -G0 -o  $new_name_file";
@@ -933,7 +940,7 @@ sub convert_figure {
 
     # Spaces are problematic for system commands and LaTeX, replace with _
 
-    $eps_f  =~ s/ /\_/g; 
+    $eps_f  =~ s/ /\_/g;
 
     # 
     # If the file is already an .eps or .ps file (eps_f still has the original
@@ -1160,7 +1167,7 @@ sub analyze_logfile {
 	    my $whereitends = index $body_log_file,'STAMPOFPASSEDRESOURCEEND',$whereitbegins;
 	    print "<br />"
                  .&mt('It has found an error in [_1][_2]and corrected it.',substr($body_log_file,$whereitbegins+26,$whereitends-$whereitbegins-26),"<br />")."\n";
-	    print &mt('Usually this correction is valid but you probably need to check the indicated resource one more time and implement neccessary corrections by yourself.')."\n";
+	    print &mt('Usually this correction is valid but you probably need to check the indicated resource one more time and implement necessary corrections by yourself.')."\n";
 	    $whereitbegins = index $body_log_file,'<inserted text>',$tempobegin+10;
 	}