jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) (04/10/89)
Has anybody managed to get new paper sizes into the Page Setup dialogue (I believe this is part of the LaserWriter file)? About the only thing that would tempt me to get a personal organizer would be if I could print my own stuff to fit it; has anybody managed to do this in a clean way so that (a) any application could use the size and (b) it would still work on upgrades to system software? If so, how available is the result? Is Apple likely to support this size in the near future? I'd expect it to enable a new cottage industry in MacDraw street maps, software for making custom time planning forms and the like. -- Jack Campin * Computing Science Department, Glasgow University, 17 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, SCOTLAND. 041 339 8855 x6045 wk 041 556 1878 ho INTERNET: jack%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk USENET: jack@glasgow.uucp JANET: jack@uk.ac.glasgow.cs PLINGnet: ...mcvax!ukc!cs.glasgow.ac.uk!jack
trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) (04/12/89)
In article <2768@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes: >Has anybody managed to get new paper sizes into the Page Setup dialogue (I I'd be interested in this. A friend in Japan clued me in to a great idea. What he did was make reduced size (5.5x8.5) copies of all his correspondance and put them in his Daytimer. He thus travelled with all his pertinent files at his fingertips. A wonderful concept. I just leased a photocopier _just_ to be able to do this to all the faxes that fly through my office. -- * Robert J Woodhead * ``Spring Forward, Fall Back''. Another one of the * * uunet!biar!trebor * 23 reasons why taking a flying leap at a brick wall * * Biar Games, Inc. * is not a very good idea. *
amanda@lts.UUCP (Amanda Walker) (04/12/89)
Patching the LaserWriter driver (and LaserPrep) for new paper size can certainly be done, but it's not a lot of fun. What I do for printing pages for my organizer is to either print four pages on a US Legal-size page and cut them apart, or to print onto blank Filofax pages via manual feed. One thing I do for this is to attach the little page to a US Letter size page with a piece of low-tack adhesive tape (3M "Post-It" tape is great for this), so that I can print to the edges of the smaller page. It's a hack, but it works, and it's amazing how much infomation you can pack onto an organizer page in 6 or 7 point laser type ... What I've been looking for is a six-hole paper punch and/or blank foldout pages, so I can print larger stuff (like maps, for example), fold them up and stick them in my organizer. -- Amanda Walker <amanda@lts.UUCP> InterCon Systems Corporation -- "A keyboard ... how quaint!" -- Scotty, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
mikem@copper.MDP.TEK.COM (Mike Mihalik) (04/14/89)
My wife is nuts about both filofax, and the deskfax. You can buy a paper punch for the filofax from filofax directly; this can be ordered through your local dealer, or call the U.S. headquarters in LA for more info. I believe it cost about 30 dollars though. The best way to make new/extra pages is to invest in a good paper cutter and the puch. Then nothing is impossible. The same basic idea works for Time Design products, as well as Daytimers. All offer some sort of paper punch for the odd spacing. I've produced a few custom pages for my daytimer using the Laserwriter or my HP DeskJet. For layout, I use any drawing program. Pagemaker makes it real easy too, since you can set the page size you need. When printed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper, there are cut marks provided. Any neat form ideas out there? Mike Mihalik