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From: rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: How can I offset output from dvips
Message-ID: <1990Nov24.055535.9979@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 24 Nov 90 05:55:35 GMT
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> I was rather worried that it didn't seem possible with dvips to specify
> the paper size very precisely: just a4, letter, etc.
> What about if I am printing a tiny booklet, say with pages only 3
> inches wide, and 4 inches high, and sending output to bromide.  I don't
> want to pay for an a4 page area of bromide for each of my 3x4 pages.

Do you have a printer that cuts the paper down to size automatically for you,
and only feeds tiny sheets?  Or what?  I don't understand what you mean.
What's this `pay for an a4 page area'?

-tom