[comp.sys.mac] LaserWriter SC driver 1.0

lipa@POLYA.STANFORD.EDU (William Lipa) (05/10/88)

Does anyone know why the 25% reduction option is not offered with the driver
for the LaserWriter SC? I used this option all the time with old-style
LaserWriters. For example, this is the only way I know of to print a document
from MacDraw at 300dpi. (You do this by drawing everything 4 times as large
and then reducing it 25%).

Bill Lipa
lipa%polya@forsythe.stanford.edu

tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) (05/28/88)

In article <8805100032.AA12104@polya.stanford.edu> lipa@POLYA.STANFORD.EDU (William Lipa) writes:
>Does anyone know why the 25% reduction option is not offered with the driver
>for the LaserWriter SC? I used this option all the time with old-style
>LaserWriters. For example, this is the only way I know of to print a document
>from MacDraw at 300dpi. (You do this by drawing everything 4 times as large
>and then reducing it 25%).

Yes you can print at 25%, though since it was never tested at 25% there is no
guarantee that it works with all programs.  The 25% button is in the Page
Setup DITL, it just doesn't show.

Here's how you do it (with ResEdit):
1. Look for the DITL in the Page Setup Dialog (mine is -8192)
2. Open as general.
3. Look for the string "25%".
4. Notice that the item's rect (which appears BEFORE the item) is set to an
   empty rectangle -- 0078 0096 0078 0096
5. Change this to 0078 0096 0088 00D2

The next time you use the Page Setup dialog you will see the 25% button!!

Enjoy,
Frank Leahy