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- Subject: Re: HELP!!: A4 & GSOS (Second Request)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.110410.6405@actrix.gen.nz>
- From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 11:04:10 GMT
- Sender: David.Empson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
- References: <1992Aug16.143026.17620@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
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- In article <1992Aug16.143026.17620@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> jamieyn@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Jamie P Yoon) writes:
- > Please! Somebody! Anybody!
- >
- > Since getting my IIgs, I have NOT been able to print from any GS/OS
- > printer drivers onto A4 paper (8" X 11.6"). Setting the pagelength at
- > the setup box does not work: the paper always formfeeds to the page
- > length set in the printer's rom (8.5" X 11"). There is no option on my
- > printer's dipswitches to set it to A4 pagelength, only 11" and 12" long
- > paper.
-
- I just tried printing onto single-sheet A4 paper in my ImageWriter II
- from AppleWorks GS (Page Layout module) under System 6. I selected
- a paper type of 'European A4 8" x 12"', with vertical condense active.
-
- It works perfectly. I managed to get text down as far as the bottom
- 1/2 inch of paper without any trouble.
-
- I have a possible suggestion: you may have "perforation skip" enabled
- on the printer DIP switches. To turn it off, set SW1-5 to OPEN.
-
- Which version of the system software are you using? I never tried
- printing to A4 paper under System 5.0.4, so they may have improved it
- under System 6.
-
- Which ImageWriter driver are you using? The Claris one
- (ImageWriter.CL), or Apple's own? What version number is displayed
- in the Page Setup and Print dialogs?
-
- > It must be a simple case of patching the printer driver to send a
- > <ESC>H1680 command to the printer...
-
- Not so simple to patch such a big program... The driver will already
- be doing this, according to the paper size selected.
- --
- David Empson
-
- Internet: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz EMPSON_D@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand
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