charlie@wam.umd.edu (Charles William Fletcher) (03/07/91)
I am trying to print pages on legal size paper using a manual feed- how do I tell the printer that the page length so that the bottom isn't cut off? Of course, if I was in Edit, WN, FrameMaker, etc. I would just call up "PageLayout" and set the parameters. But if I create a page (say in emacs of either PS or just text) how do I do this? I have checked all the docs I can think of including DL and man--Does this relate to an earlier thread on finding the parameters controlled by 'dwrite'? Do I need to write a special printcap entry to handle these cases? There must be an easy way I'm missing. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks (Frustrated) Charlie
jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) (03/08/91)
In article <1991Mar7.135456.13679@wam.umd.edu> charlie@wam.umd.edu (Charles William Fletcher) writes: > >I am trying to print pages on legal size paper using a manual feed- >how do I tell the printer that the page length so that the bottom >isn't cut off? > If you are using emacs, or any other text editor, to create the PostScript file, then you should have this in your header: ======== PostScript Header ======== %!PS-Adobe-2.0 %%DocumentFonts: (atend) %%Pages: 1 1 %%BoundingBox: (atend) %%DocumentPaperSizes: Legal %%Orientation: Portrait %%EndComments ========= End Header ============= I got this by going into WriteNow, opening a new document, specifying Legal size paper, and Print/Saving the PostScript. Note: Not all postscript printers support legal size paper because of memory/space requirements. I think the NeXT Laser Printer has this restriction too (it could be the laser engine inside that confines the paper size). On page 319 of the 2.0 User Reference, it only specifies A4 and letter size. If your printer does support legal size paper and you want it to be able through the Printer Options, then have a look in the directory /usr/lib/NextPrinter/pdf These files specify the characteristics of different printers including page length. You might want to change or make your own file for your own printer, with the legal paper size option. - Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com in these restr -- Jiro Nakamura jiro@shaman.com Shaman Consulting (607) 253-0687 VOICE "Bring your dead, dying shamans here!" (607) 253-7809 FAX/Modem
lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais) (03/08/91)
In article <1991Mar8.024329.494@shaman.com> jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) writes: > In article <1991Mar7.135456.13679@wam.umd.edu> charlie@wam.umd.edu (Charles William Fletcher) writes: > > > >I am trying to print pages on legal size paper using a manual feed- > >how do I tell the printer that the page length so that the bottom > >isn't cut off? In Mail.app or any other that has a Page Layout menu you can specify the paper size (quite a few paper size formats,including legal). This then prepends to all your print jobs the right preamble (no need to go and edit by hand)... Below is the header from Mail.app postscript file (used the save button in the print panel)... %!PS-Adobe-2.0 %%Title: Active.mbox %%Creator: Mail %%CreationDate: Fri Mar 8 00:49:27 1991 %%For: lacsap %%DocumentFonts: (atend) %%Pages: (atend) 1 %%BoundingBox: (atend) %%DocumentPaperSizes: Legal %%Orientation: Portrait %%EndComments Note that Page layout only affects printing from that particular application. How the printer engine deals with this, I do not know (dont have legal size paper!)... If the app does not support page layout, then you will probably need to edit it by hand! pasc Pascal Chesnais, Research Specialist, Electronic Publishing Group Media Laboratory, E15-351, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Ma, 02139 (617) 253-0311 email: lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (NeXT)
mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) (03/08/91)
> Note: Not all postscript printers support legal size paper because >of memory/space requirements. I think the NeXT Laser Printer has this >restriction too (it could be the laser engine inside that confines >the paper size). On page 319 of the 2.0 User Reference, it only specifies >A4 and letter size. > If your printer does support legal size paper and you want it >to be able through the Printer Options, then have a look in the directory > /usr/lib/NextPrinter/pdf I routinely print on Legal Paper (text & graphics) with my NeXT Laser Printer. It is a real pain, though, trying to use the manual feed portion of the letter-sized cassette. Much to my surprise and delight, however, was the fact that my HP Laserjet III Legal paper cassette slips right in. On another note, the NeXT letter cassette makes a wonderful envelope cassette for HP printers, as well! -- MikeC _________________________________________________________ Michael D. Callaghan, MDC Designs, University of Maryland mikec@wam.umd.edu
matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) (03/08/91)
In article <1991Mar8.024329.494@shaman.com> jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) writes: > Note: Not all postscript printers support legal size paper because >of memory/space requirements. I think the NeXT Laser Printer has this >restriction too (it could be the laser engine inside that confines >the paper size). On page 319 of the 2.0 User Reference, it only specifies >A4 and letter size. I've seen legal size printouts roll right out of a NeXT laser before. And since the memory of the printer is 0, it all depends on your NeXT, where virtual memory kicks in (however slowly). > - Jiro Nakamura > jiro@shaman.com ------ Mike Matthews, matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (NeXT)/matthews@umdd (bitnet) ------ Yield to Temptation...it may not pass your way again. -- Lazarus Long