On Sunday 10 July 2016 18:45:05 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 10 July 2016 23:21:44 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 10 July 2016 14:58:16 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > Does the image cover the whole sheet of paper?? > > > > I can make it pretty close to borderless with another 1 or 2 > > percentage points of size increase. > > I was wondering whether any of the feed problems are due to Te paper > you are feeding, and what you told it to expect, are different. Can't > you set evince to expect American idiosyncrasies??
This printing facility is I believe, tdeprint. No, I just ran it, and thats not what I'm looking at. Ahh, I just spied the "e" so its evinces own printer driver. > > Lisi > > > Its a logic flow diagram and to get the text in a logic box big > > enough to read, it occupies a minimum of 6 sheets of landscape > > 11x17. Fairly complex signal flow. The .hal file that generates it > > is around 640 lines. Taping it together and sticking it a about a > > third of a sheet of thin plywood to make it studyable is about a 1.5 > > hour job by the time the borders are cut away, and its adjusted so > > all the lines meet when the tape is applied takes 2 cups of coffee > > and several trips to a well worn diamond plate to keep the knife > > sharp. The plate was 800 grit 25 years ago, probably around 8000 > > grit equ now. > > > > > On Sunday 10 July 2016 05:09:34 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Saturday 09 July 2016 21:51:52 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > On Saturday, July 09, 2016 07:14:24 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > > I believe it is. Checking, yes. If that is the correct size, > > > > > > and its truly borderless when selected as > > > > > > "tabloid(borderless)", if the paper guidance can be > > > > > > improved, that would be ideal as when I trimmed it up and > > > > > > put it on a big sheet of light plywood this morning, I was > > > > > > trimming about 1/2" from all 4 edges on average. And it was > > > > > > set for "A3(borderless)" at the time. What size in our > > > > > > antiquated inch system is A3? > > > > > > > > > > A3 is what I consider a metric size (well, it is an ISO > > > > > standard)--in inches it is 11.7 x 16.5 in. > > > > > > > > Humm, wider but shorter. > > > > > > > > > If the only choices on that printer feed door are in the A > > > > > series of sizes, that may explain why the feed doesn't work to > > > > > align the paper properly. > > > > > > > > I was just trying to set the guides, such as they are, to fit > > > > the width of the paper, but had to tape then down to hold them > > > > as it takes only a gram or maybe two to move them, so they slide > > > > equal amounts in both directions the instant a sheet of paper > > > > touches them. Useless design other than the auto center the > > > > cross coupling enforces if you tape it down so it cannot move. > > > > > > > > > I'd start by trimming one sheet of 11x17 paper to 11x16.5 and > > > > > see if that feeds better. > > > > > > > > > > I don't know how easy it is to buy A series paper in the US. > > > > > > > > It feeds the short edge in first, unlike the paper trays, both > > > > of which can be set for several different sizes, but they both > > > > feed long edge first. So once its been grabbed, there is still > > > > about 14.25 inches of paper hanging out in empty space with zero > > > > guidance because the curl of the paper as it passes over the top > > > > edge of this "door", lifts the paper a good 1/4" above and > > > > totally free of the guides. Most worthless design I have ever > > > > seen. Paper centering and feed alignment are completely at the > > > > mercy of the human trying to insert the paper centered and > > > > square. And I do not believe that if a sheet of Lexan was added > > > > to extend the paper support for at least 8", and it was screwed > > > > to the plastic of the door, the stoppers incorporated into the > > > > plastic hinges would actually survive a sheet of tagboard laying > > > > on it, combined with the weight of the Lexan, too heavy. A > > > > sheet of 28 lb copy paper is ok, but not a hand laying on it. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
