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Re: paper sizes


From: James E. Bailey
Subject: 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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