preparing a stack for printing

[Björnke von Gierke]

oops, i forgot that I asked this question :(

(un)luckily I still have this nagging feeling i'm doing things wrong :)

the printable area is not the printRectangle, and when I test that by making a rectangle the size of the card while the card is the size of the printRectangle, i get a large right- as well as somewhat down-shifted printouts.

i'm still interested in a more precise/different way to find out the actual width and height of what I can print into (assuming flexibility with allowing any settings to change). This is my current approach:

put item 3 of the printRectangle -  item 1 of the PrintRectangle -
item 1 of the printMargins - item 3 of the printMargins into
myEffectivePrintWidth

put item 4 of the printRectangle -  item 2 of the PrintRectangle -
item 2 of the printMargins - item 4 of the printMargins into
myEffectivePrintHeight

I somewhat suspect the printgutter to maybe shift this around.. haven't tested that tho.

On 10.06.2013, at 21:51, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 6/10/13 10:24 AM, Björnke von Gierke wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> I'm trying to print a kind of report, and am weirded out by all the
>> different rectangles and widths that are available (printRectangle,
>> printPaperRectangle, printPaperSize, printMargins, etc.)
>> 
>> All I want is the printable area, so I can set the width and height
>> of my stack to that amount, then print the first card.
>> 
>> It seems that the below lines produce an approximation amount, but
>> it's not completely correct. The approach also so weirdly backwards
>> and roundabout! I guess my question is, isn't there any way to get
>> the same or a better result more easily?
>> 
>> put item 3 of the printRectangle -  item 1 of the PrintRectangle -
>> item 1 of the printMargins - item 3 of the printMargins into
>> myEffectivePrintWidth
>> 
>> put item 4 of the printRectangle -  item 2 of the PrintRectangle -
>> item 2 of the printMargins - item 4 of the printMargins into
>> myEffectivePrintHeight
> 
> All printers include areas of the paper that they can't print on. Usually that's about a quarter inch on the sides and a half inch at the bottom and sometimes the top, but each printer is different. The printRectangle gives you the actual area that the printer is capable of printing to.
> 
> The printMargins add extra space to that area, so you don't want any printMargins. Set all the printMargins to zero.
> 
> Method One:
> 
> If the card objects are not exactly at the edges of the card, then the card's blank space will also be added to the printout. If you want objects to appear exactly within the printer's available area, place card objects at the very edges and top of the card. Usually that means you need to make a separate stack just for printing because in the real stack it looks bad.
> 
> After all that is done, you can just print directly using the printRectangle to determine the size the card should be:
> 
>   set the rect of this stack to the printRectangle
> 
> Set the printing stack's visibility to false so that the user can't see it move to the top left of the screen. You'll probably want to rearrange the objects at the edges of the newly sized card before printing.
> 
> Method Two:
> 
> Alternately you can print the card "into rect" and use the printRectangle as the target rect. This won't require a separate printing card. That is easier but this method will resize the card objects, which may or may not be what you want:
> 
>   print this cd from the topLeft of firstObject to the bottomRight of lastObject into rect the printRectangle
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
> 
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