Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!elan!jlo
From: jlo@elan.UUCP (Jeff Lo)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: PostScript scaling off?
Message-ID: <313@elan.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 88 00:57:13 GMT
Organization: Elan Computer Group, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
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I have the following piece of code that I sent to our LaserWriter Plus:

	%!
	0 setlinecap
	.24 setlinewidth
	newpath 72 72 moveto 360 0 rlineto stroke
	showpage

From this I would expect to get a 5 inch long horizontal line. However, it
is actually about 1/32 inch too long. Is it too much to expect better than
1/32 inch (~10 pixels or ~0.5%) accuracy, or is this known to be what happens
in a LaserWriter Plus and perhaps other printers as well?
-- 
Jeff Lo
..!{ames,hplabs}!elan!jlo
Elan Computer Group, Inc.
(415) 322-2450