Open printing to PDF bug?

[J. Landman Gay]

On 9/22/10 11:09 PM, Dar Scott wrote:
> William,
>
> I tried this:
>
> on mouseUp
> reset printing
> set the printPaperSize to 595,842
> set the printPaperOrientation to "landscape"
> set the printmargins to 72,36,0,0
> set the printscale to 1.1
> open printing to pdf "test.pdf"
> -- add error check here
> print this card from 193,90 to 833,570
> -- add error check here
> close printing
> end mouseUp
>
> And I get the right part of my images, rectangles and fields cut off. It
> cuts off at the unrotated paper width.

This works for me:

   set the printpapersize to "595,842"
   set the printPaperOrientation to "landscape"
   set the printmargins to 18,18,18,18
   set the printScale to 0.85
   open printing to pdf "test.pdf"
   print this card from the topleft of fld 1 to the bottomright of fld 1
   close printing

I got the cutoff until I scaled the printout down to 0.85; this likely 
needs to be adjusted for each layout. The printmargins will also play a 
role in how much it needs to be scaled. If the scaling is too large, 
then it prints right off the edge of the page.

If William's original intention is to make the text larger for the 
printout, then probably I'd increase the textsize of the field before 
printing, then change it back afterward.

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