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Subject: Trouble with A4 type pages and Transcript
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Date: Fri, 17-Apr-87 11:04:29 EST
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Help!!

First of all I would like to apologize to all who receive this message
on both lists.  We have just received our Sun LaserWriter (only an Apple 
with Transcript included) with PostScript 38.0 rev 2 and Sun Transcript 2.0.  
I have been following laser-lovers and info-postscript for some while but I 
haven't found an answer therein.  I am still somewhat naive so excuse me.

Being in Europe we use A4 paper trays.  Our LaserWriter on power-on
generates a perfectly centered startpage.  Our problem seems to be the
Transcript software.  When using enscript or ptroff the pages come out
but NOT centered as the startpage (in either x or y).  Why I'm 
suspicious is the curious 1.25 inch top margin and wide right margin.
Example: printing a man page with ptroff:
left margin 9/16 inch = 0.5625		right margin 1 1/8 in. = 1.125
top margin 1 1/2 in. =  1.5		bottom margin  11/16 in. = 0.6875

I have the feeling that the Transcript software assumes letter size
(8.5 x 11 in.) by default.  Our pagetype = 0.  The enscript.pro prolog
is version 2.1 dated 85/11/24 -- shore.

Where does Transcript learn about the pagetype(size)?  We only have a 
binary distribution of Transcript.  Does anybody have any suggestions
as how to solve this problem?  Anything would be appreciated.  Thanks!


	Ralph P. Sobek

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