Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!nrl-cmf!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!mar From: mar@athena.mit.edu (Mark A. Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: full page printing Message-ID: <4807@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 22 Apr 88 19:37:40 GMT References: <2929@saturn.ucsc.edu> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: mar@athena.mit.edu (Mark A. Rosenstein) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 25 Summary: don't try to fool the printer The question was asked how to get a postscript printer to print on that last quarter-inch of paper out by the edges. Someone suggested getting an A4 sized paper tray, and using tape to fool the sensors into thinking there is actually A4 sized paper instead of 8.5x11 paper in the try. Beware, this could damage your printer. If you've ever had something offset printed that needed ink out to the edges, you've discovered that they charge quite a bit more. This is because they must print it on larger paper and cut it down after it is printed. The same thing applies to a laser printer. Actually print it on larger paper, then use a paper cutter on it. If you don't do it this way, the printer will be depositing {ink, toner} in places in the printer that shouldn't get any, and may eventually cause damage. Just a few sheets printed this way will probably look OK, but don't keep doing it, unless you intend to perform the periodic maintenance on your printer much more often than it normally needs. And there may be more lasting problems. -Mark mar@athena.mit.edu ...!mit-eddie!athena.mit.edu!mar Variables won't and Constants aren't.