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From: liemandt@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Joe Liemandt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 4th Dimension Mailing Label Question
Message-ID: <1639@lindy.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 12 Jan 89 08:18:28 GMT
References: <8901092156.AA06911@decwrl.dec.com> <18894@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: liemandt@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Joe Liemandt)
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In article <18894@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes:
>In article <8901092156.AA06911@decwrl.dec.com> fortmiller@hpscad.dec.com (Ed Fortmiller) writes:
>#>When I'm printing mailing labels on a IW-II using 4th Dimension
>#>1.0.6 and 6.0.2 it prints 10 of them and skips one then 10 more
>#>and skips. The layout has H set to 0, and B,D,F to 1". The
>#>variable is in a box that goes from 0 to 7/8" and I concatenate
>#>the entire address to that variable. How can I cure this skipping
>#>problem? The actual labels are 15/16" and come every 1". When I'm
>#>in the layout I notice a grey somewhat thick line around the
>#>10.25" mark which I see no mention of in the manuals and I don't
>#>know if that has anything to do with it or not.
>
The reason for your problem is how 4D is looking at the page. The line about
10.25" down is the indicator for the end of page.  4D is looking at your 10.25"
page and dividing it into 10, one inch pieces (your detail area), plus the
footer area.
That is why one label is skipped every 10.  

Solution:
Modify the page size to one inch.

The way to modify the page size is to modify the printer driver. On your page
setup dialog, you have multiple choices, US Letter, US Legal, A4 Letter,
Tabloid, etc.
Pick one you don't use and make it 1inch. You can use Widgets from CE software
or Skeleton -an application shell from ACIUS that has an external that
allows you to modify the printer driver. (note - I would recommmend anyone
using 4D to get Skeleton from ACIUS, cuts development time by 60%).


Hope this was not too vague.

Joe Liemandt
Stanford University