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Re: paper sizes
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James E. Bailey |
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Re: paper sizes |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:00:22 -0800 |
Alas, I am on macintosh. Intel iMac, OSX 10.4
On Thursday, November 30, 2006, at 08:55AM, "Rick Hansen (aka RickH)"
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>James E. Bailey-2 wrote:
>>
>> I was reading the archives on how to define a custom page size, and
>> I'm a little confused as to whether the issue was resolved, meaning,
>> I've read the archives, and tried the suggestions there, but still
>> cannot output my page size.
>>
>> I've added to the file "paper.scm" the line
>> ("octavo" . (cons (* 6.75 in) (* 10.5 in)))
>> and the music is typeset to those dimensions, but the paper is still
>> a4 size.
>> To be clear, my input file has
>> \paper { #(set-paper-size "octavo") }
>> #(set-default-paper-size "octavo")
>> I'm just wondering if there's some aspect that I'm missing.
>>
>> And just to check, I ran the postscript through Preview, and got the
>> same output.
>>
>> Thanks tons,
>>
>> James
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>Are you on Windows? If so you need to tell the operating system that
>"octavo" is a new form. To do this go to:
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>Settings / Control Panel / Printers
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>>From this dialog box go to the File menu and select "Server Properties"
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>On that dialog check the box that says "Create a new Form"
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>At that point create your "octavo" form with the sizing you want and save it
>with the name "octavo".
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>Now the operating system and your printer drivers can play nice and both
>understand this new form.
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>HTH
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