Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!winters
From: winters@Apple.COM (Steve Winters)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: How to print on A4 paper?
Summary: Use framedevice.
Message-ID: <2101@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 26 May 89 20:29:40 GMT
References: <1531@pyrdc.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1531@pyrdc.UUCP> mark@pyrdc.UUCP (Mark Hahn) writes:
>I am trying to get my PostScript program to understand A4 sized paper
>and it won't.  I am running a LaserWriter Plus, and it is clearly
>marked to accept A4 paper but the origin appears to be all off.

The operator you want is "framedevice", documented in the Adobe
Red Book. It allows you to define a new page size such as a4. You will
need to include code to set up A4 paper, using framedevice, as part of
the prolog to your job. 

If you are printing from a Mac using the Apple driver, the driver does 
this for you when you select the "A4 Letter" paper size.

Steve Winters

Standard disclaimer: I do not speak for Apple.