Printing options from answer printer

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Bill Vlahos <bvlahos at mac.com> wrote:
> Thanks Jan.
> 
> Here is the code I came up with. I want a half inch
> (36 pixels) margin  
> on all sides.
>    case "Print Window..."
>           if the printPaperOrientation = "portrait"
> then
>              put item 1 of printPaperSize - 36 into
> vX -- 36 = 0.5  
> inch margin should be supported on all printers
>              put item 2 of printPaperSize - 36 into
> vY
>           else
>              put item 1 of printPaperSize - 36 into
> vY -- 36 = 0.5  
> inch margin should be supported on all printers
>              put item 2 of printPaperSize - 36 into
> vX
>           end if
>           answer printer as sheet
>           if the result is not "Cancel" then
>              if (the width of this stack > vX) or
> (the height of this  
> stack > vY) then -- window bigger than paper
>                 if (item 4 of the rect of this card
> / vY) > (item 3 of  
> the rect of this card / vX) then -- which ratio will
> be limiting
>                    set the printScale to  (vY - 36)
> / item 4 of the  
> rect of this card
>                 else
>                    set the printScale to  (vX - 36)
> / item 3 of the  
> rect of this card
>                 end if
>              else
>                 set the printScale to 1
>              end if
>              set the printMargins to 36,36,36,36 --
> 0.5 inch margin
>              print this card
>           end if
>        break
> 
> The resulting printout includes the menu items above
> the window (on a  
> Mac - not tested on Windows). How do I prevent it?
> Bill Vlahos
> 

To prevent the menu items from showing up in your
printout, you will either have to:
- hide them before you print and show them again
afterwards
- use the 'print into rect' command after calculating
which area of the card you want to print where on the
paper
- or use a separate printing stack without menubar but
with its 'formatForPrinting' property set to true to
ensure that things look crisp when you print on
Windows.

HTH,

Jan Schenkel.

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