lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) (06/27/85)
In article <267@utastro.UUCP> bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
writes about a problem with pagination when you write a document on a
machine that is not attached to a LaserWriter.
The problem is NOT related to the Macintosh XL.
The problem is that the printable area of the page is slightly smaller on
the LaserWriter than on the ImageWriter. The size that an application uses
depends on the printer you have chosen with the Choose Printer DA.
Solving the problem requires that you format the document for a
LaserWriter. It is not as difficult a process as he described.
First, you must have the LaserWriter printer driver (the file called
LaserWriter) and the LaserWriter fonts on your system disk.
As he mentioned, if you go into Choose Printer and select no printer, the
system will assume the LaserWriter. (If you experiment, you will notice
that if only the ImageWriter file is present, deselecting 'Imagewriter'
dims the OK button; if both printer drivers are present, the OK button is
enabled and clicking OK gets you the LaserWriter.)
The next step is to select Page Setup from the menu. You should get the
LaserWriter setup options. Click OK and your document should be
reformatted for the LaserWriter. It is not necessary to go back to the
Finder and startup the application again.
The only inconvenient part of this process is realizing that selecting no
printer in Choose Printer defaults to the LaserWriter (but only if its
printer driver is on the disk).
A related problem is that you may receive a document with a table of
contents that was formatted on the Imagewriter. When you reformat, the
page numbers will be wrong. In that case, print the document at about 95%
reduction on the Laserwriter. Reduced printing increase the effective size
of the printable page.
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Larry Rosenstein
Apple Computer
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CSNET: lsr@Apple.CSNETbill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) (07/01/85)
Many thanks to Larry Rosenstein of Apple for answering this
question.
A related question was asked by someone who wanted to get
proofs on the ImageWriter, and later print the document on the
LaserWriter. Guided by Larry's suggestion, I have a partial
solution: If you format for the LaserWriter as per Larry's
instructions (First deselect the ImageWriter using the
Choose Printer DA, then use Printer Setup and click OK),
*THEN* go back to the Choose Printer DA to select the ImageWriter,
but DON'T use Printer Setup again, the document will stay formatted
for the LaserWriter but can be printed on the ImageWriter. It
will come out a little funny (About 10% narrower, but just as
long), but the pagination and placement of things will (within that
constraint) be as they will come out on the LaserWriter.
This will not work if you want to print the document "Landscape"
style, but will suffice for most applications.
I agree with the original writer, that there should be a mode for
proofing on the ImageWriter that gives a document that is correctly
proportioned, and that will work with "Landscape".
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