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From: aperez@cvbnet.UUCP (Arturo Perez x6739)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Printing on Index Cards?
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Date: 28 Nov 89 16:11:00 GMT
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Second attempt at getting an answer to this:

I have a stack that I would like to print onto 3x5 (or, if that's
impossible, 5x8) index cards using an ImageWriter II.

The problems I've run into are:

	1) The background of cards in HyperCard cannot be changed
		in size to be smaller that 5x8.  If you make a card
		that's smaller than the background then when it's
		printed, all the blank space around the card is "printed"
		as well, leading to a horrible waste of paper.

	Is there anyway to make the background smaller, or at least not
	print?

	2) In "Page Setup" within HyperCard, the 50% reduction item
		is eliminated.

	So now I can't print a single card from the stack in anything but
	full size.  Anyway around this?

	3) The ImageWriter II doesn't seem to understand the size of
		index cards.  I would like to be able to configure the
		printer to print onto the index cards, i.e. tell it that
		it is printing onto 3x5 (or 5x8) paper which can be either
		pin-feed or tractor feed.

	Is there any way to configure the ImageWriter to print onto things
	other than 8x11 paper?  Is there a software solution?  Do I have to
	write an ImageWriter driver to do this?


I also have lots of insoluble problems (e.g. the carriage isn't wide enough
to print on paper larger than ~10x??) that I can accept.

Any and all solutions welcome.  I'm a hardcore C programmer (Unix & VMS 
background) so if I have to write a driver then I have to write a driver...

 
Arturo Perez						aperez@cvbnet.prime.com
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