Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: 8"x14" paper on LW IINT
Message-ID: <1990Jun4.155421.11502@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <90Jun4.022140edt.18491@me.utoronto.ca>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 90 15:54:21 GMT

In article <90Jun4.022140edt.18491@me.utoronto.ca> sun@hammer.me.UUCP (Andy Sun Anu-guest) writes:
>I've read the LaserWriter IINT manual, but I am not convinced yet. I
>tried to use 8"x14" paper on a LaserWriter IINT but the printer stopped
>at the A4 position and the paper jammed in it. ...

This is what happens if you load long paper but don't tell the printer
about it.  It notices that the paper feed has been moving long enough
to get a regular-sized sheet of paper out, but the trailing edge hasn't
appeared yet, and concludes that it must be jammed.

>... the device driver for a Macintosh only supports
>A4, B5, letter and legal size papers. Is there any way at all that I can
>print on 8"x14" paper? ...

Legal is 8.5x14, and a slight difference in width (if your paper really
is only 8 wide) should not be significant in the right orientation.  The
most likely cause of problems is simply that you haven't sent the printer
the command "legal" or equivalent.
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