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From: jbr@key.COM (Jeff Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: OzTeX/Freedom of Press Light/DeskWriter
Message-ID: <2348@key.COM>
Date: 17 Dec 90 23:17:33 GMT
Reply-To: jbr@key.com ()
Organization: Key Computer Laboratories, Fremont
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I have just put together the setup OzTeX -> Freedom of Press Light ->
DeskWriter (with driver version 2).  I printed the OzTeX manual (whose
DVI file came with OzTeX 1.3) with OzTeX without any changes (it assumed
a default paper size of A4).  I ran the resulting postscript file into
Freedom of Press Light 3.0 and output to the DeskWriter which contained
8 1/2" x 11" paper.  Things looked reasonably good except that the printing
started less than 1/8 " from the top of the paper.

This greatly surprised me since the DeskWriter Owner's manual specifies
the imageable area for a U.S. letter sized page to be 8" x 10.16".  I
believe it leaves equal space at the top and bottom, so it shouldn't
have been able to print within the top 0.42" of the page.  The imageable
area for an A4 sized page leaves an even greater top margin.

I called HP's tech support and asked how this could happen and all they
could suggest is that somehow a "suppress perforation skip" command
was being issued.  According to this representative, HP does not offer
a programmer's manual for the DeskWriter.

I have not yet called Freedom of Press' publisher.

Can anyone guess how this was accomplished?  Does Freedom of Press use
the DeskWriter driver or does it bypass it?  Is it possible to make other
programs (e.g., Word) print closer to the top of the page?

-- Jeff
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