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- From: glenn@rightbrain.com (Glenn Reid)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: Saving Postscript files in 3.0
- Message-ID: <1048@rtbrain.rightbrain.com>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 01:04:08 GMT
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- Sender: glenn@rightbrain.com
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- Jeff Adams writes
- >
- > I am trying to create oversize pages (like 11 x 20.5 inches) to be
- eventually
- > sent off to a typesetter using a Linotronic 200.
- > ...
- > However, If I create a dummy Linotronic 200 printer using PrintManager, and
- for
- > example save postscript on a document with an oversize page (like 11 x 20.5
- > inches) using the chosen printer (Linotronic 200), and save two versions,
- both
- > a version with device independent postscript (the default) and postscript
- for
- > the chosen printer (Lino) the only difference between the two files (using
- > diff) is the Creation Date field.
-
- I think the problem is that you are asking for a non-standard page size,
- and the NeXT software is only set up to handle specific named page sizes.
- The Linotronic can handle user-definable page regions since it uses
- roll-fed paper, but most printers have only fixed choices. The PPD files
- have a key entry called "VariablePaperSize", I think, that can be either
- True or False. If it's True, then it should let you specify non-standard
- sizes and generate calls to the "setpageparams" operator to effect this
- change. I think NeXT does not support this under 3.0.
-
- There are two things you can do. The first is to choose a pre-existing
- page size, like Tabloid, for example, and I believe it will put the
- correct code into the file for you. The other choice, which I have not
- verified but think should work, is to edit the PPD file yourself and add
- an entry for the paper size you need. You should be able to copy/paste
- the code for some of the other page sizes and get the entry to show up
- in the popup list on the NeXT panel, and it should then also copy the
- code into the print file for you. I have not tried this, since I don't
- use 3.0 in my daily work (I'm still happily at 2.1). You may need to
- look in the Linotronic manual to get the exact "setpageparams" code to
- put into the PPD file, but I think it should all work okay.
-
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