Printing query

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

Why not specify the rect on the page as well as on the card (print this 
card from <x> to <x> into <rect>)...

On Oct 27, 2004, at 7:27 PM, David Squance wrote:

> Hello Group,
> I've created a little app to print labels, and am trying to adapt it 
> to do
> envelopes.  I'm having trouble getting my head around the numbers.  I 
> have
> the rect of the fld to which the address info goes, and have the 
> handler
> print the card from the first two numbers of the fld rect to the last 
> two.
> This is a segment of the printing handler:
>
>   if the platform is "MacOS" then answer printer
>   else set the printrotated to true
>   open printing with dialog
>   if envchoice is "short" then
>     set the printPaperSize to 261,468
>     set the printmargins to 200,144,36,36
>   end if
>   if envchoice is "long" then
>     set the printPaperSize to 297,684
>     set the printmargins to 360,144,36,36
>   end if
>   print this card from 4,31 to 193,103
>   close printing
>
> When I print (to PDF) on my Mac (since RR crashes if I try to do a real
> print), the fld is all there, but on Windows, I lose most of the field.
> What's the interconnection between the various sets of numbers?  The
> papersize is just 72 X the dimensions of standard (North American)
> envelopes, and the margins are supposed to put the address in the right
> place on the envelope.  Any enlightenment would be helpful.
> Dave
>
>
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

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$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
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