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From: casseres@apple.com (David Casseres)
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Subject: Re: Help Modifying ImageWriter Driver
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Date: 23 Feb 90 17:49:06 GMT
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In article <20@cvbnetPrime.COM> aperez@cvbnet.UUCP (Arturo Perez x6739) 
writes:
> I'm trying to get the ImageWriter ][ to print onto 3x5 and 5x8
> index cards (either handfed or tractorfed).

Good luck! After you get the software doing what you want, I predict 
you'll be fighting the mechanics of the printer

> I duly bought my copy of Inside Mac I, II, and III and found the 
> description of the PREC data structure.  I then used ResEdit to 
> modify the device driver so that the page and paper rectangles 
> were the correct size for index cards.

The right way to do this is as follows:  Using a recent version of ResEdit 
(I use 1.2) duplicate the PREC 3 resource.  Use the Get Info command to 
set its ID to 4.  Now use the Open as Template command to open PREC 4 with 
the PRC3 template.  This gives you a form on the screen where you can tell 
exactly what you're doing.  Note that the units for defining paper sizes 
are 120ths of an inch.

> But MALDICIONES! something, somewhere is resetting the values back
> to full size pages, i.e. 8 1/2 x 11.

What application are you using?  Try using the above procedure and see if 
things work better.

David Casseres
     Exclaimer:  Hey!